Wolanin v. Chrysler Corp.

Defendant Chrysler Corporation appealed from an award of the department of labor and industry, in which plaintiff Mary Wolanin, widow of James Wolanin, and other dependents were granted compensation.

Wolanin accidentally injured his sacroiliac joint while in defendant’s employ on August 9, 1934. He claimed that his foot slipped and he fell while lifting the body of an automobile, and that the fall caused a back injury and traumatic neurosis. On October 23, 1935, a similar accident occurred and, after this accident, two claims for cofiapensation were filed.

Testimony was taken before the deputy…