Price v. State Accident Insurance Fund

The issue for our determination is the extent of claimant’s permanent disability.

Claimant injured his back on August 21, 1972, while picking up his 40-pound chain saw in the course of his employment as a faller and bucker for Timber Cutters, Inc. He immediately sought medical attention from his family physician, Dr. Glaede, who diagnosed the injury as a sprain of the right lumbar perispinal muscles. A determination order was entered in March of 1973 closing the claim with a finding of no permanent disability. Claimant returned to his regular work in May of that year.

About two months later he…