Collier v. Ranch House Restaurants, Inc.

Appellant, who had a pre-existing back injury, began working for a Ranch House Restaurant in November 1973. One day in *2711974, while waiting tables, she lifted a tray, carried it to the back of the restaurant, and felt a severe popping in her back. She reported the incident to the cashier, who told her to go to a hospital. Ultimately, appellant was diagnosed as having a herniated lumbar disc; she had surgery in June 1974. A neurological surgeon who saw her in 1978 gave her a twenty percent permanent partial disability to the body as a whole, fifteen percent of which he attributed to her…