Ruiz v. Hedges

MOISE, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the claimant-appellee alleges an injury to his lower back suffered on August 8, 1957, while employed by the employer-appellant as a filling station attendant. The circumstances of the accident are not material to a determination of the case.

On the date of the injury claimant was 16 years old and was to be a senior in high school. He has since graduated from high school. The accident was to his back and resulted from heavy lifting. It occurred about noon but he worked until quitting time at four o’clock although in pain. He also…