Strouse v. Hercules Mining Co.

—Claimant and respondent, Pearl Strouse, was in the employ of defendant and appellant, Hercules Mining Company, in the month of September, 1928. He was at this time thirty-five years of age and had been doing heavy manual labor ever since attaining manhood. He was known to have a scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, but had never been troubled by it. On or about September 20th, he was assigned to a job of helping carry tim ers used in building crib work for a motor, and shortly after this was put to operating a jack-hammer. On November 3d he was forced to discontinue work permanently because…