Morgan v. Inter-Collegiate Press & Home Insurance

Parks, J.:

Inter-Collegiate Press, the employer, and the Kansas Workmen’s Compensation Fund appeal from an order granting an award to the claimant, Alice L. Morgan, and allocating equal liability for the award between the employer and the Fund.

Claimant’s employment application in 1973 indicated that she had a preexisting back condition. Her immediate supervisor was aware of her back problems and knew she wore a back brace. After claimant was trained to perform all the jobs within her department she was assigned to the waxing machine. The operation of this machine entailed frequent and…