Claim of Nat Trust v. Webster Baking Co.

Appeal by the employer and its carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board awarding claimant benefits for reduced earnings. On July 5, 1963 claimant, a bakery route salesman, sustained a lumbo sacral sprain while lifting a box of baked goods. Appellants do not dispute that disability resulted from this injury. They contend, however, that *808claimant’s back condition, apart from the two weeks immediately following the accident, has bad no effect upon bis earnings, and instead would attribute any reduction to economic factors. A reduction in earnings due solely to economic…