Claim of Lawton v. General Motors Corp.

Appeal hy General Motors Corporation from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. In 1950 claimant was injured while in the employ of appellant General Motors Corporation. He suffered a herniated vertebral disc which was surgically removed on July 13, 1950, and a spinal fusion effected between the fifth lumbar vertebra and the first sacral vertebra. On June 1, 1952 a lump sum settlement of claimant’s permanent partial disability was approved by the Workmen’s Compensation Board for $3,000 and the ease closed. On March 8, 1956, while working for the Simonds Saw and Steel…