Vautrot v. Maryland Casualty Co.

I can find no error in the conclusion of the trial judge to the effect that plaintiff has failed to prove with reasonable certainty a causal connection between the alleged back injury and the tumor in plaintiff's back which was the direct cause of whatever disability he suffered after he severed his connection with the company and ceased to receive his wages. Doctor Caldwell stated that in his opinion the back injury which plaintiff recited could not have caused a tumor in the vertebra. The doctor stated that this kind of tumor is a growth, and there is no definite proof that trauma initiates…