Pieczynski v. Brunswick, Balke, Collender Co.

This is an appeal by the defendant employer and its insurer from an award in a hernia case. The principal question presented may be ,stated as follows: Is there any competent evidence to support the finding of the workmen’s compensation commission that plaintiff’s present hernia, which developed while working for a new and different employer, is of the recurrent type, and, therefore, related to the original hernia which she suffered while-in the employ of defendant company? Another necessary question is whether the former employer who provided a herniotomy is required to pay compensation when…