Henrichs v. Essig Cooperative Creamery Ass'n

Certiorari to review a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission denying employee-relator’s claim for compensation and medical benefits against respondents. It was employee’s contention that his disability, which occurred in July of 1969 from the strangulation of a right inguinal hernia, was due to an injury sustained in an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. The commission concluded that employee had not sustained the burden of proof and denied the benefits. We affirm.

Employee, a young man 24 years of age, started his employment about 4 months prior to the…