Hughes v. Cudahy Packing Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — W. G. SeaRS, Judge. PlaiNtiee claims compensation from defendant because of a bernia from strain, resulting, as be claims, from an injury sustained while performing bis work as an employee of defendant. Plaintiff’s claim was disallowed by the arbitration committee, and on review, by the industrial commissioner.
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Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — W. G. SeaRS, Judge. PlaiNtiee claims compensation from defendant because of a bernia from strain, resulting, as be claims, from an injury sustained while performing bis work as an employee of defendant. Plaintiff’s claim was disallowed by the arbitration committee, and on review, by the industrial commissioner. The district court, on the evidence taken before the committee and-the commissioner, reversed the finding of the commissioner, and allowed compensation for the amount, and for the period of disability for which it was stipulated he was entitled to…
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
The substance of plaintiff’s claim is that, for several months, up to the 13th of June, 1919, and for four or five weeks thereafter, while in the employ of defendant, he was engaged in handling* heavy meats, some of the pieces weighing about 95 pounds; that, some four or five weeks prior to June 13th, a pain developed in his left groin, over the canal, but thinking it only temporary, he .kept on at work until about June *94813th, when it developed into a hernia, the result of the constant strain incident' to his employment; .and that, on said June 13th, he was obliged to quit work until he was…
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