Simons v. C. G. Bennett Lumber Co.

The plaintiff, a 40 year old married father of three children was injured on August 2, 1960, while employed at St. Regis, Montana by the C. G. Bennett Lumber Company, a Plan one carrier.

The employer-defendant filed a first report of injury on August 22, 1960, and gave the cause of injury stating that the claimant was sitting on a sawmill carriage when it hit the end bumper and caught him off balance.

The claimant-employee filed his claim for benefits on September 28, 1960, and described the accident as follows:

“While running the carriage, the sawyer ran into the bumper with the carriage,…