Traders & General Ins. Co. v. Rooth

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

' This is a Workmen's Compensation case in which the Trial Court, upon the verdict of the jury, entered a judgment for (Plaintiff) Appellee. Appellee was employed as a driller for the R ,& M Well Servicing and Drilling Company. He alleged that on 21 October 1951 he suffered accidental injury to his “head and brain and the supporting structure thereof” while performing the duties of his employer; and while bent in a position where his head was below the level of his feet, undertaking to screw a pressure gauge into a valve. While in this position, as a result of strain,…