Mastellar v. Nelson Co-Op. Creamery

Certiorari to review an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission awarding employee compensation for total and permanent disability. The issue is whether the evidence sustains the commission’s finding. We hold that it does.

Employee injured his back in 1962 while lifting milk cans for his employer. In 1963 a commission referee, after a hearing on employee’s petition, ruled that employee had been temporarily totally disabled continuously from the time of injury up to the date of the hearing. Employer and insurer thereafter paid benefits to employee pursuant to the award and continued…