Ward v. Nolen

This is a workmen’s compensation case, in which the appellant asserts a claim for disability resulting from a ruptured disc in his back. The compensation commission rejected the claim, holding that Ward had not proved his case by a preponderance of the evidence, and that decision was affirmed by the circuit court.

The issue for the commission was largely one of credibility. Ward was employed at the appellee’s sawmill for three days and a half, ending May 13, 1955. He testified that on the morning of the last day he injured his back as he was using a cant hook in trying to control a log that he…