Harris v. Baptist Memorial Hospital

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. On December 16, 1975, Catherine Harris, a nurse’s aide at Baptist Hospital, alleges that she heard something pop in her neck as she assisted in lifting a patient, that she continued to work that day and complained to her supervisor about pain in her neck and lower back but did not otherwise report the injury at that time. The next day she went to see a private physician, Dr. Porter. She returned to work on December 18, but experienced greater pain. Thereafter, she remained off work. On December 30, 1975, Mrs. Harris formally…