Wolf Corp. v. Thompson

HOFFMAN, Judge.

Appellant-defendant Wolf Corporation (Wolf) brings this certified interlocutory appeal from the trial court's denial of its motion for summary judgment as to count 1 of the Estate's complaint.

The facts relevant to the appeal disclose that Wolf employed Robert Thompson, the deceased, as a truck driver at its bedding manufacturing facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana. On March 16, 1989, Thompson suffered a back injury while attempting to back a tractor to a trailer. Thompson con tinued to work until May 9, 1989, at which time he sought medical attention and notified Wolf that he was…