Claim of Jocher v. Piel Bros.

Appeal by the employer and its carrier from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. The claimant testified that while lifting wooden pallets weighing 60 or 70 pounds on June 11, 1957 he experienced a pain in his back. He continued to work for the employer until June 21, 1957 when he was laid off. On June 26, 1957 the claimant consulted Dr. Landman and on July 11, 1957 he was admitted to the hospital where after several days he gave, for the first time, the history of the lifting incident to Dr. Landman. On November 7, 1957 the claimant took a civil service position at a…