Nelson v. Reid & Wackman

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

Certiorari to review an order of the industrial commission affirming the determination of a referee denying compensation to relator, Clarence Nelson.

Relator was employed by respondent Reid and Wackman in April 1947 as a truck driver to load and haul timber, cement, and other building materials. At that time, Wallace E. Reid, employer’s, manager, had been acquainted with relator for many years. He knew that relator had undergone an operation in 1944 to remove a loose cartilage in his right knee, and he noticed that relator favored this knee, although it did not…