Wright v. Thumb Electric Cooperative

Plaintiff, Forrest G. Wright, appeals by leave granted from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board. On December 3, 1968 the hearing referee issued two decisions. In the first the referee found, in pertinent part: "The plaintiff sustained a new work-connected back injury in December, 1963, which disables him from engaging in his occupation of lineman”. On the fourteenth of July, 1972, this decision was affirmed by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board. In affirming this decision of the referee the board opinion is supported by the record and we must affirm. MCLA 418.861; MSA…