Johnson v. Amalgamated Sugar Co.

ON REHEARING

HUNTLEY, Justice.

Following rehearing and further consideration, the Court withdraws its previous Opinion No. 53 of June 1, 1984 and this opinion is substituted therefore.

After twenty-five years of employment claimant Keith Johnson retired from Amalgamated Sugar Company in December, 1978, at the age of sixty-two. During his years of employment, claimant worked as a maintenance mechanic, equipment repairman, and operator of a beet dump shovel.

In the fall of 1979, Amalgamated asked claimant to work during the sugar beet harvest. He did so as a “car man,” which involved moving and…