Cooper v. McDevitt & Street Co.

Moss, Chief Justice:

This is a proceeding under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Section 72-1, et seq., of the 1962 Code. There is here involved an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court reversing an award of the Industrial Commission in favor of Jimmy Cooper, the appellant herein.

The appellant alleges that on February 17, 1971, while employed as a welder by McDevitt & Street Company, a respondent herein, he sustained a low back injury by accident, arising out of and in the course of his employment.

Liability for compensation was denied by his employer and its insurance carrier, The Travelers…