Schrapps v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

This case comes on appeal from a judgment entered by the Workers’ Compensation Court, the Honorable Timothy Reardon presiding, which concluded the claimant, Michael Schrapps, was not entitled to permanent partial disability benefits under § 39-71-703, MCA. We affirm.

Claimant injured his lower back on December 20, 1977, while employed by Safeway Stores, Inc., as a forklift operator at its Butte, Montana warehouse. The injury occurred when Mr. Schrapps was pinned between his forklift and an iron beam. After the accident, claimant was taken to St. James Community Hospital and treated for…