Griggs v. the Budd Co.

Plaintiff worked for defendant as a storeroom attendant, dispensing tools and materials. On September 8, 1972, she suffered a compensable disabling aggravation of a previously existing nonoccupational back injury while cutting cable in the storeroom. She was subsequently hospitalized, and underwent back surgery. In August, 1973, she was still disabled with back trouble, but on the road to recovery. Unfortunately, she then suffered a further aggravation of the back injury when a bus in which she was a passenger struck a pavement obstruction. She was thrown up against the bus ceiling, back into…