Smith v. IML Freight, Inc.

McFADDEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Industrial Commission denying appellant Asa Clyde Smith’s claim for compensation. The order is affirmed.

Smith, a truck driver employee of IML Freight, Inc., was involved in an industrial accident on May 30, 1975 at Twin Falls, when he slipped and fell from the rear of a truck-tractor on which he had been working. In order to break his fall, he grasped a shovel on the back of the cab, putting his entire weight on his arm and shoulder, causing him immediate pain in this area. He returned to his home base in Boise and continued to have…