Walker v. Hogue

HYATT, Justice.

Hiram Walker, while employed as a carpenter’s helper for Martin Construction Company on September 19th, 1942, fell six feet from a scaffold, striking the ground with the back of his head, left shoulder and upper back as a result of which he was rendered unconscious for a few moments, and sustained injuries consisting of a 'basal skull fracture and sprain of the neck and left shoulder, resulting in stiffness in his neck and weakness of the left arm and loss of grip in the left hand. His attending physician, Dr. F. A. Pittinger, reported him surgically healed on March 1, 1943,…