Western Auto Supply Co. v. Washburn

THIS is a workmen's compensation case. Claimant is the widow of Roy V. Washburn, who, at the time of his death, was the manager of the Western Auto Supply Company's Broadway store in the city of Denver. He claimed to have suffered a hernia on November 24, 1942. The record discloses: The first report of the accident was that of the employer, dated November 30, 1942, showing that hernia had resulted by reason of Washburn's "picking up piece merchandise in stockroom;" that the date of the accident is given as November 24, 1942; that the accident was reported to the employer on that date, and as…