Carter v. Kansas Gas & Electric Co.

Spencer, J.:

Kansas Gas and Electric Company, a self-insured employer, appeals from a judgment holding it solely liable for payment of the award in this workmen’s compensation case.

In 1969 claimant was hit on the head by an aerial bucket and treated by the company physician as an out-patient for pain in his neck and shoulders. In 1974 he experienced some neck pain, along with numbness in his right hand, blurry eyes, and dizziness. On July 9, 1975, claimant sustained a ruptured disc in his neck in the course of his employment. Upon examination, it was discovered for the first time that he was…