Wallace v. Hanson Silo Company

Otis, Justice.

Relators, Hanson Silo Company and its insurer, seek review of a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission granting respondent, Gerald Wallace, benefits for permanent partial disability of the back. The only issue is whether the employer was liable for that part of the disability which was attributable to a preexisting back condition. The commission refused to apportion the disabilities and we affirm.

The facts are not in dispute. Respondent had been employed by Hanson for about 10 years when he suffered a work-related back injury on September 25, 1971. The medical…