Lee v. State Accident Insurance Fund

Claimant appeals from a circuit court ruling reversing the Workmen’s Compensation Board’s finding in favor of a claim for workmen’s compensation. The hearing officer had denied the claim and the Board had reversed, allowing it.

The sole question is whether the claimant sustained his burden of proving that his back injury arose out of and in the course of employment.

Claimant was employed as a baker at the Ash-brook Bakery. His claim was filed for an injury to the lower back. Claimant testified that at about 7:30 p.m., on August 26, 1972, while lifting a 60-pound tray of shortening containers…