Flanagan v. Sewerage & Water Board

Plaintiff claims that, as the result of straining while trying to prevent the overturning of a paint container, he sustained a double (right and left) inguinal hernia, and, asserting that he is totally and permanently disabled and that the said injuries resulted from accident occurring during his employment and arising therefrom, he asks for judgment in compensation for four hundred weeks, at the rate of $14.60 per week, subject to a credit for amounts already voluntarily paid him.

Defendant does not deny that the occupation in which plaintiff was engaged was within the protection of the…