Empire Oldsmobile, Inc. v. McLain

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sutton.

The sole question presented by this writ of error is whether the Industrial Commission, herein referred to as the commission, was correct in apportioning its award for McLain’s present back injury incurred while he was working for Empire Oldsmobile, Inc., between his present injury and several prior injuries?

The record discloses that McLain injured his back in an industrial accident on May 23, 1960, while in the employment of Empire. This was the culmination of a series of accidents that had happened to McLain since 1954. In that year he was employed as a mechanic…