Gorodon v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.

Legge, Justice.

On Friday, March 9, 1951, shortly before the close of work, appellant, a carpenter then in the employ of respondent at Camden, South Carolina, strained his back while lifting a piece of lumber. He made no report of it at the time, and went back to work on his next regular work day, the following Monday. After he had been at work for a short time that morning, he was in the act of picking up a piece of lumber when he collapsed with a sudden severe pain in his back. He was carried to the company infirmary, and after treatment there was put on light work and continued on the job…