Baughman v. Vicker's, Inc.

On December 13, 1942, plaintiff in the course of his work as an employee of defendant Yicker’s, Inc., suffered an inguinal hernia. It is his claim that while lifting" a box weighing 60 or 70 pounds his foot slipped, and that at the time he felt a pain in the groin. Shortly thereafter, while operating a drill press, he felt a further pain of like nature. He immediately reported to his foreman, who sent him to the first-aid department maintained by the employer. The next morning he was taken to a physician in the employ of Vicker’s, Inc., who examined him and determined that he had a hernia.…