Pettit v. AUSTIN LOGGING COMPANY

This is an appeal by the employer from an adverse order of the circuit court adopting the findings of the hearing officer and the Workmen’s Compensation Board (with one exception), affirming the orders of the hearing officer and Board in favor of claimant, and awarding $1,000 attorney fees for the appeal to the circuit court.

Claimant was employed by Austin Logging Company as a eat skinner. In the latter part of June 1967 while yarding logs with a D8 cat in a particularly hilly and rocky area, claimant reported that he had suffered a back injury as a result of “jarring and jolting.” On July 6…