Harlan v. Industrial Commission

McDonough, justice.

This is a petition to review an order of the Industrial Commission adverse to plaintiff. At the hearing, the referee found that the condition complained of was due to a pre-existing back condition, and that it did not arise out of plaintiff’s course of employment.

On November 19, 1962, plaintiff filed a claim with the Industrial Commission alleging that on September 26, 1962, he sustained an injury arising out of or in the course of his employment while employed by Garrett Freightlines, Inc. He claimed, in substance, that while pulling on a cable, weighing between 1500 and…