Lewellyn v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations

We deem the determinative issues to be:

1. Did the commission make a finding that the disc herniation at the fourth lumbar intervertebral space did not occur as a result of the work incident on March 11, 1963 and, if so, is this finding supported by credible evidence?

2. Is an employee entitled to recover under the Workmen’s Compensation Act when a preexisting degenerative condition becomes manifest in a normal nonstrenuous work activity without evidence of a definite “breakage?”

The findings of fact of the commission are as follows:

“Findings of fact.

“That the applicant was employed by the…