Boling v. Raytheon Company

This is a workmen’s compensation case and the parties are referred to as in the trial court; that is, Mrs. Barbara H. Boling as petitioner, and the Raytheon Company as defendant. The chancellor awarded petitioner certain benefits resulting in the appeal here by defendant.

Petitioner, female, age 39, had been employed by the defendant for about nine years wiring and soldering small electrical instruments, each weighing three to four pounds. This type of work is done by sitting in a chair at a table and required petitioner to keep her body in a fixed position with head down for about seven hours…