McCormick Transportation Co. v. Barone

Terry, J.:

Joseph J. Barone, called claimant, has been continuously employed by McCormick Transportation Co., a Delaware corporation, called McCormick, since 1946. The duties and responsibilities relating to the employment embrace those that would ordinarily he expected of a truck driver; that is, loading shipments of goods upon trucks, transporting said shipments, and unloading the same at the poirit of destination.

The claimant contends that on December 1, 1950, he sustained an injury to his back while engaged in the regular course of his employment; that is, unloading baled cotton from his…