Towner v. Western Contracting Corporation

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Plaintiff alleges that he was an employee of the defendants when on August 3, 1954, he suffered an accident to his back resulting in a herniated and ruptured disc; that the injury was not discovered until September 1955; that he underwent an operation in October 1955; and that he suffered temporary total and permanent partial disability therefrom. He seeks compensation, hospital and medical expenses, and attorney’s fees under the Workmen’s Compensation Act.

The defense, so far as important here, is that the injury and disability resulted from an accident…