Endicott v. Potlatch Forests, Inc.

GIVENS, Justice.

October 24, 1943, claimant was working as a millwright for respondent and cross-appellant, Potlatch Forests, Inc., on a scaffolding which gave way; attempting to save himself, he grasped at a window sill, pulling and straining his right arm and hand; such clutching was ineffective and he fell about twenty feet to the floor, injuring his back. He was hospitalized, placed in hyper-tension and later in a canvas sling in an attempt to reduce a compression fracture with nerve involvement, then in a plaster cast. After its removal, he was held under observation for suspected…