Corbett v. Montgomery Ward & Co, Inc

Defendant appeals by leave granted from an award of workers’ disability compensation benefits to plaintiff and his wife. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

Plaintiff, an electronics and appliance repair technician, was employed by defendant from 1972 until September 30, 1985. For the last several of those years, his work essentially involved appliance repair for defendant’s residential customers. His job often required lifting or moving heavy objects, sometimes with assistance and sometimes alone.

On April 25, 1985, plaintiff injured his back while moving a sixty-pound television…