Mann v. Workmen's Compensation Board

McCOY, J. pro tem. *

This is a proceeding in which the applicant for workmen's compensation benefits seeks annulment of the award made by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board.

On October 11, 1965, applicant, a 27-year-old grip, employed by the 20th Century Fox Films, sustained an admitted industrial injury when he fell approximately 20 feet from a rolling camera mount. It was established that he had sustained spinal and pelvic fractures. For a time he was paralyzed below the waist. A laminectomy was performed with decompression of nerve roots and spinal fusion.

After a number of hearings the…