Carr v. Wheeler

STANLEY, Commissioner.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the award was confirmed by the circuit court. The only issue is as to notice of injury.

The appellee, Virginia S. Wheeler, had worked for several years as a cook in the restaurant of the appellants, partners, d.b.a. Carr Brothers Restaurant. She was, according to her doctor, successfully operated on in May, 1950, for a hernia, and went back to work in August. On or about October 20, while lifting a heavy pot of potatoes from a stove, she suffered a “strain” in her side, and “a place as large as my fist” appeared. She became…