Commercial Union Insurance v. Verner

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The employer and insurer appeal an award to the claimant in this workers’ compensation case, contending that there is no evidence that the claimant gave the required 30-day notice of accident prescribed by Code *14Ann. § 114-303.

The claimant was operating a farm tractor for his employer sometime in February of 1976. The tractor became stuck; and, as he stepped off, he felt a burning sensation in his back. He discounted this sensation and did not consider or treat it as an injury. The administrative law judge found that "[i]n the claimant’s day-to-day employment thereafter…