Starr v. Swift & Co.

This is an appeal from the Nebraska Workmen’s Compensation Court. The claimant, Danny Starr, alleged in his petition that he sustained an injury in an accident on June 16, 1982, arising out of and in the course of his employment by Swift & Company (Swift). He further alleged the injury was an aggravation of a preexisting asymptomatic arthritic condition of his back.

Starr claimed the injury occurred when he bent over to pick up an unskinned ham and his back snapped. Swift answered, alleging that if claimant suffers from any condition, it was the result of a natural progression of a preexisting…