Burrows v. State Industrial Accident Commission

This is an appeal by the plaintiff 'from an order of the cirenit court setting aside a verdict for plaintiff and granting judgment for the defendant State Industrial Accident Commission notwithstanding the verdict. The questions presented are whether the pleadings and proof are sufficient to support a finding that plaintiff sustained a “personal injury by accident * * * caused by violent or external means” within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Law (ORS 656.152, 656.202).

Plaintiff’s injury occurred on August 18, 1955, at which time he was working on a project involving enlargement…