General Motors Corp. v. Veasey

HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

In this workmen’s compensation case, the determinative question is whether there was sufficient evidence to support the Industrial Accident Board’s finding of “unusual exertion” and permanent disability.

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The claimant’s work involved unloading “basics”, a unit used to move parts to the assembly line. The basic had two boards, approximately 6 feet by 2 feet in size, on which the parts were secured; both the boards and the parts were removed together. With the aid of a partner, it was the claimant’s job to replace the empty boards on the basic. When a partner was not…