Grissom v. Walters

CLAY, Commissioner.

In this workmen’s compensation case the Board denied compensation and on appeal the circuit court reversed. The employer appeals from that judgment.

The employee contends he was injured on March 1, 1965, when a board struck him in the stomach while he was stacking some lumber. His principal complaint is a back injury, which apparently was disabling. The evidence, however, would justify a finding that the condition of his back was attributable to a bilateral hydrocele corrected by surgery in December 1959. This condition was again repaired in April of 1965, over a month after…