Madanat v. General Motors Corp.

TAYLOR, Judge.

Employee worked on the rear bumper assembly line at General Motors [employer]. He commenced work on August 16, 1971. In the latter part of October 1971 employee developed a pain in his lower back. He stated that he reported the condition to the employer’s dispensary on October 28, 1971. On the previous day he had felt “a pinching type thing” in his low back area on the left which was followed by a certain heaviness in his left leg. Employee related the onset of his back condition to a time when the assembly line was out of synchronization, requiring him to walk an extra car…