Blair v. Edward J. Gerrits, Inc.

ERVIN, Justice.

Wilfred T. Blair, petitioner herein and claimant below, was injured while in the course of his employment with Edward J. Gerrits, Inc., when a 600-pound steel door he and a group of other men were carrying shifted its weight to him, causing severe pain in his low back. The accident occurred on August S, 1964, at which time Petitioner was 52 years old. At the time of the accident Petitioner was working in Puerto Rico on the construction of a Sears-Roebuck building which job had been contracted by his employer, Edward J. Gerrits, Inc. His transportation to Puerto Rico had been…