Douglas v. American Oil Co.

Appellant-claimant was injured on December 31, 1959 when he fell from a ladder and landed eight feet below upon concrete. The employer and self-insurer provided medical treatment on several occasions, but the appellant lost no time from work. The employer filed a report of injury on January 1, 1963, and the appellant filed a claim for permanent partial disability on January 30, 1963 based upon the premise that the back trouble he was then experiencing related to the injury he sustained in December 1959. The Workmen’s Compensation Commission disallowed the claim on the ground that it was…