Employers Mutual Liability Insurance v. Industrial Commission

JACOBSON, Judge.

The principal question presented by this appeal by writ of certiorari is whether the respondent who suffered a- non-industrial accident has proved by a preponderance of the evidence that his present condition stems from a prior industrial accident.

The respondent, Charles Hazelton, an automobile refrigeration mechanic, injured his back in September, 1969, while working underneath a car during the course of his employment with petitioner, Valley Dodge Company, which was insured by Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company (Employers Mutual). The accident occurred on…