Earl v. Swift & Company

SHEPARD, Justice.

This case is an appeal from an award by the Industrial Accident Board. Claimant, Jack A. Earl, Sr. (respondent herein), is a butcher and maintenance man who suffered a series of back injuries. Earl worked for Swift & Company, one of the appellants herein, from 1955 to February 14, 1968. He first injured his back during employment on February 25, 1959, while he was carrying an armature. The attending physician diagnosed that injury as a herniated disc at the L5-S1 level and recommended that a laminectomy be performed. Earl refused that recommended treatment and Swift paid all…