Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. v. Gardner

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clarke- —

Reversing.

Appellee Gardner was employed as a lineman by appellant, Independent Long Distance Telephone & Telegraph Co., and both had accepted the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. On June 5, 1922, while lifting a cable- into its hangers at the top of a pole, appellee felt a “slip- in his back,” as he describes it. He at once climbed down off the pole, removed his climbers, and within less than 24 hours was completely paralyzed from his waist down. He 'filed his application for compensation with the 'compensation board, which awarded *217him $13.65…