Utica Mutual Insurance Company v. Pioda

1. Under the evidence adduced on the hearing of the present claim for workmen’s compensation, the trial director was authorized to find that the claimant’s employment, at the times of his injuries, required him to perform both clerical work and manual labor, although he had originally been employed as a clerical worker; that on three separate occasions, while performing manual labor for his employer, he strained his back; that as a result of these strains to his back which caused his injuries, which arose out of and in the course of his employment, he has become totally incapacitated for…