Charles R. Long, Jr., Paint Co. v. Stewart

MILLIKEN, Judge.

In this appeal from a judgment affirming an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board a preliminary conflict almost overshadows the main bout.

The claimant, Wallace Stewart, was found by the Board to be 50% permanently, partially disabled by an accident which resulted in a herniated nucleus pul-posis. The accident occurred November 26, 1956. A referee of the Board had attributed the claimant’s disability to an injury allegedly occurring April 15, 1957. The date of the origin of the disability is important because it determines which of two insurers of the employer, Long Paint…