Marathon Paper Mills Co. v. Industrial Commission

Clarence Huntington had been in the employ of the Marathon Paper Mills Company since 1910. His work consisted in loading all kinds of printing paper, sheets, bundles, cases, and rolls. This was heavy work. It called for the lifting of rolls of paper weighing from 25 to 200 pounds. The average weight would be about 100 pounds, but during this time he lifted “thousands and thousands weighing 200 pounds.” In the afternoon of January 23d, while stooping over to pick up a roll, he sustained a hernia, which the Industrial Commission found to be an occupational hernia, and awarded compensation.

Appell…