Spencer v. Clark Township

On September 24, 1973, plaintiff injured his back while working part-time for defendant Clark Township as a volunteer ambulance attendant. During the time in question plaintiff was also employed full-time as a carpenter for a local construction company. Plaintiff received $2 per hour as an ambulance attendant and $4.50 an hour as a carpenter.

As a result of his injury, which necessitated repeated hospitalizations and eventual surgery, plaintiff has been unable to return to either of his former jobs. Defendant Employers Insurance of Wausau, which provided defendant Clark Township with workers’…