Atkinson v. Home Indemnity Company

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The claimant suffered a back strain and possible lumbar disc injury while working on December 3, 1973, and had improved sufficiently to return to work on January 15, 1974, with no further objective symptoms, although according to his testimony he was never entirely without pain and tenderness in that area. On February 26,1974, he had a nonwork related hemorrhoid operation, and while recuperating, on March 22 he kicked at some fighting animals and felt a sharp pain in the same area of the back. His doctor found him in obvious pain, listing to one side, suffering muscle…