Colvin v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours Co.

Stukes, Justice.

Respondent, who is of limited education and unskilled, was employed as a messenger. He was formerly physically sound and was examined by the medical department of the employer before his last employment. He testified that on May 13, 1953, while at work carrying a load of mail from one building to another he had to pass through heavy, double, fire-protection doors which were kept closed by hydraulic pressure. He said that he pushed one door open and, quoting from his testimony, “then when I retch and I got the other door, I pushed. That’s when it happened. See I thought — just…