TEGEKS v. Western Chevrolet Co.

In this Workmen's Compensation proceeding the employer, Western Chevrolet Company, and its insurer, Hardware Mutual Casualty Company, appeal from a judgment affirming an award for total disability granted by the Industrial Commissioner to the employee, Clarence Tegels.

In 1954 Tegels commenced working for the Western Chevrolet Company in Mitchell as a parts man. He was in good health except for a prior history of ulcers and a back injury sustained in prior employment. Cars were repaired and spray painted in the garage. The paint booth was a separate enclosure off a corner of the body shop area…