Madewell v. Salvation Army

Claimant, while employed as a supervisor for the Salvation Army, injured her back on November 7, 1977, while pulling a clothing cart estimated to weigh some 500 to 750 pounds off an elevator. This was work she was not accustomed to doing, and she apparently was filling in, as her job required her to do, during a shortage of male trainees who did the heavier work. She reported the injury to her supervisor immediately and filed a formal notice of injury on November 21. The insurer denied the claim by a letter dated December 9,1977. Claimant did not receive the letter, however, until December…