Hume v. St. Regis Paper Co.

Claimant, Walter Hume, filed a petition with the Workers’ Compensation Court, Flathead County, seeking compensation for injuries suffered during his employment with defendant, St. Regis Paper Co. Claimant appeals the denial of his petition.

On October 7, 1975, appellant was pulling and stacking timber for his employer, St. Regis Paper Company, when he stretched muscles in his shoulder and lower neck. Appellant continued to work for ten months following this injury, during which time he received a second injury. He stopped working on August 6, 1976, after seeing two chiropractors and a…