Clark v. DeCoster Egg Farms

GODFREY, Justice.

On February 3, 1979, Richard Clark, forty-three years old, sustained injury while employed by the appellee, DeCoster Egg Farms, as foreman of its sheep and cattle farm. While bending over to attend a new-born lamb, he was butted by a mischievous ram. The force of the blow threw Clark forward, causing him to strike a wooden feeder and break one or two teeth. On February 5, 1979, he filled out and submitted to the appellee an “Employee’s Injury Report” on a form supplied by the appel-lee. In a part of the form entitled “Describe your injury and how accident happened,” he wrote,…