Bidnick v. Armour & Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hopkins, J.:

Defendant appeals from a judgment of $2,430 awarded plaintiff under the workmen’s compensation law, for damages resulting from an injury while in defendant’s employ. Plaintiff had worked for defendant many- years. On June 24, 1919, while *278attempting to lift or overturn a barrel weighing 600 pounds, he suffered a hernia. He was treated by defendant’s surgeon and later sent by defendant to a hospital, where he was operated on by Doctor Johnson, defendant’s chief surgeon. While in the hospital, and about two weeks after the operation, his leg…