Trent v. State Compensation Department

This is a workmen’s compensation appeal. At time of injury claimant was 75 years of age and had retired from steady construction work. He is a laborer with limited education and training. After retirement he had for several years worked gardening and wood-hauling jobs for 25 or 30 different people. According to his testimony this work was steady in the spring and early summer, light in the late summer, steady in the fall, and sparse in the winter. While he was operating a riding lawnmower for an employer, it tipped over and the blades severely cut his foot, resulting in complicated surgery,…