Lewis v. Celotex Corp.

LeSUEUR, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals a judgment dismissing his claim for Workmen’s Compensation benefits.

Plaintiff claims to have sustained a back injury on Friday, May 29, 1964, at defendant’s plant but since the work shift was changing he did not report his injury to any of his supervisors or report to the First Aid station. Plaintiff had a medical history of back problems and regarded this injury as a reoccurrence of a previous injury he had sustained at defendant’s plant. He went home and attempted to treat his injury but he claimed that the pain forced him to seek medical attention at the…