M. B. K. Drilling Co. v. Malaski

This is an original proceeding brought by M. B. K. Drilling Company and the Travelers Insurance Company, its insurance carrier, hereafter called petitioners, to review an award made to the respondent, Joe Malaski. On the 6th day of October, 1943, the respondent filed his first notice of injury and claim for compensation stating that while employed by the M. B. K. Drilling Company as a roughneck he sustained an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of his employment when he sustained a back injury on the 20th day of September, 1943, while lifting casing tongs.

On the 13th day of…