Edwards v. Latham

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hopkins, J.:

The action was one under the workmen’s compensation act. (R. S. 44-501 ei seq.) The plaintiff prevailed, and defendants appeal.

The facts were substantially as follows: The claimant, fifty-eight years old, while employed in pulling oil-well casing was injured October 19, 1925, by being caught in a rope or cable and thrown on his head and shoulders. He was taken to a hospital at Independence where an anaesthetic was given, and it was determined by the physicians that there was a dislocation of the sternum end of the left clavicle, which was…