Claim of Hample v. St. Luke's Hospital

Appeal by one of two employers and its insurance carrier from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. The board found that an accident of January 16, 1952 sustained by claimant while working for the appellant employer resulted in herniation of the disc between the third and fourth lumbar vertebra and caused the disability upon which the award is predicated. Appellants do not deny that this accident caused some injury.and disability but contend (1) that prior accidents (two of which occurred during employment by the respondent employer) contributed to the necessity for the…