King's Case

The facts in this workmen’s compensation case are not disputed. The employee, Alfred King, was a truck driver for Hager’s Ice Cream Company. On April 13, 1959, while so employed, he fell off a truck and injured his left side and back. He went immediately to the company physician who strapped his back. The next day he returned to work and continued working until December, 1959. During that period, however, he experienced pain in his back and left flank. Beginning in September he visited several physicians but none of the various treatments he received alleviated the pain. He became nervous and…