D. R. Johnson Lumber Co. v. State Accident Insurance Fund

Troy West was injured on January 5, 1968, while working for D. R. Johnson Lumber Company. The accident resulted in a knee injury which occurred while claimant was employed as a faller and bucker when he slipped on an icy log. The claim was accepted and subsequently closed on July 26, 1968, with no award for permanent partial disability. Argonaut Insurance Companies carried the insurance coverage for the employer at that time.

During the four and one-half years following that accident claimant engaged in a number of occupations in several states, most, if not all, of which involved hard manual…