Dixon v. Coldwater State Home

The plaintiff was injured in a fall on June 14, 1966, in the course of her employment with the defendant Coldwater State Home. Benefits were awarded and paid from June 15, 1966 to April 15, 1967. The plaintiff returned to work on June 19, 1967, and continued in the defendant’s employ until December 5, 1968. On that day, she left work complaining of headache, backache, and nausea. The plaintiff has not returned to work since that incident.

A workmen’s compensation referee heard the plaintiff’s petition for benefits on April 9, 1970. Although he ruled that she had not suffered a compensable…