White v. Western Commodities, Inc.

Colwell, District Judge.

This is an appeal from an award made by the Workmen’s Compensation Court in favor of Willard W. White, plaintiff, against Western Commodities, Inc. (Western), and Curtis, Inc. (Curtis), defendants. Defendant Curtis appeals; plaintiff and defendant Western cross-appeal. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Plaintiff filed his petition with the Nebraska Workmen’s Compensation Court on November 22,1977, alleging a compensable injury from a fall on January 8,1977, in Salina, Kansas, in the course of his employment as a truckdriver for Western. Western answered by general…