DOW CHEMICAL CO. v. WORKMEN'S COMP. APP. BD.

Docket No. S.F. 22532.

67 Cal.2d 483 (1967)

432 P.2d 365

62 Cal. Rptr. 757

DOW CHEMICAL CO. et al., Petitioners, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, GEORGE QUICK et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 17, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mullen & Filippi, Adolph J. Capurro, Hanna & Brophy, Ivan A. Schwab, Harold J. Scott, Arthur E. Varden, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold and C. Gordon Taylor for Petitioners.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, B. Franklin Walker and Donald B. Day, Deputy Attorneys General, Everett A. Corten and Marcel L. Gunther for Respondents.


PETERS, J.

Claimant George Quick was employed as a carpenter for Dow Chemical Co. from 1946 until January 1964. Beginning in 1949 he suffered back pains and distress caused primarily by lifting heavy items at work. In 1949, 1960, and 1961 he suffered specific back injuries that left him partially disabled, but he continued to work with short exceptions until January 2, 1964, at which time his back condition was so severe he had to give up his job.

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