Oates v. Post & Danley Truck Lines

Meyer, J.:

Jesse David Oates (claimant) was employed as a truck driver for Post & Danley Truck Lines (respondent). On December 22, 1975, he struck his head against a crank while uncoupling the tractor and trailer of his rig. Six hours later he became ill and was taken to a hospital. It was determined that he had suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by the rupture of a congenital arteriovenousmal formation on the left side of his head. In September, 1975, approximately four months before this occurrence, while working for another employer, claimant had suffered what was then diagnosed as a…