Hoffman v. Pierce

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The appellant in this workmen’s compensation case, Bruner Hoffman, suffered a back injury in the course of his employment as a logger for Charles Pierce in 1956. He was paid compensation for total disability under an agreement until 1961 when his employer and its carrier petitioned for termination of the agreement claiming that Hoffman’s disability had ended. Hoffman, who had in the meantime moved from Chester County to a rural area of southern Virginia, defended, alleging continued total disability. At the referee’s hearing, Hoffman described his symptoms and the…