Pease v. Pacific Power & Light Company

Appellant-claimant was a journeyman lineman employed by Pacific Power & Light Company, appellee, and was so employed on Thursday, February 15, 1968. He testified that, at about 11:30 a.m. that day, he picked up a coil of wire and loaded it on a truck; in so doing he experienced a sharp pain in the lower part of his back; he did not mention this to any of his fellow employees, two of whom were present at the time; he continued to work on Thursday, Friday, and the following Monday; and that his back was hurting “real bad,” but said nothing Thursday, Friday, or Monday, to his foreman or fellow…