Muller v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

The sole question in this workmen’s compensation appeal is what is the proper award of permanent partial disability for claimant’s unscheduled back injury.

At the time of his injury on February 21, 1969, claimant, who was then 19 years old, had been employed by Sears, Roebuck and Co. for a year and one-half. He had started with his employer as a busboy and been promoted to hardware department sales, a job which involved the selling and handling of heavy merchandise.

After the injury claimant saw a doctor, describing an incident in which he felt a sharp pain in his back while lifting…