Wooten v. Mohawk Rubber Co.

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case involving a second injury in the same employment under § 13 (f) (1) of the Compensation Act, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 81-1313 (f) (1) (Supp. 1975).

The appellant employee, Wilsie Wooten, sustained a compensable injury to his back on June 22, 1967, while employed by the appellee Mohawk Rubber Company. That injury, according to medical reports in the record, resulted in a large extruded L-4 disc which was compressing the right L-5 nerve root and it was surgically removed during the first week in August, 1969. When Mr. Wooten was released to…