Cundiff v. Chrysler Corp.

Plaintiff was in defendant’s employ on November 22,1937, the date on which he was injured. His work on a motor assembly line was not heavy, except that when there were “bad motors” he had to lift cylinder blocks with the aid of one or two other employees. He claims that he injured his back in lifting a motor when his foot broke through the small platform on which he was standing, and that on that day or the following day, he went to the company hospital and reported the accident. Defendant filed a noncompensable accident report dated December 29, 1937, in which it stated as to the nature and…