Tashner v. Industrial Commission

Tbis is a ratber extraordinary case. There is no contest as to tbe actual facts. Petitioner, a man about 53 years of age, weighing 114 pounds, a painter by profession, was injured while in the employ of the respondent A. E. Wensel, on April 13, 1942. In the process of lifting and moving a 70-pound ladder he lost his balance. In an effort to prevent the ladder from falling on a window at the house, he severely wrenched or strained his back, the immediate effect being a sharp pain in the lower part of his back. He completed his work that day with considerable difficulty. He was bedridden for…