Bicknell v. State Accident Insurance Fund

This workmen’s compensation case involves several issues, the only one of which we need decide is whether claimant suffered a compensable injury during the course of her employment. Claimant alleged she sustained a back injury on March 15 or 16, 1968, while lifting a large container of coleslaw at employer’s restaurant. There is conflicting evidence as to whether claimant orally notified her employer of the injury. No written notice was given. ① Four days later claimant terminated her employment. The first reported contact with a physician regarding this back pain occurred in January of 1969.…