HILL v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

No. 47,249

214 Kan. 279 (1974)

519 P.2d 608

BETTY J. HILL, Appellee, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 2, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry J. Brady, of Gage, Tucker, Hodges, Kreamer, Kelly & Varner, of Kansas City, Missouri, argued the cause, and Thomas M. Van Cleave, Jr., and Bill E. Fabian, of McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, of Kansas City, were with him on the brief for appellant.

James Yates, of Kansas City, argued the cause, and Wyman Wickersham, of Kansas City, Missouri, was with him on the brief for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FATZER, C.J.:

This is a workmen's compensation case in which the employer challenges a compensation award made to an employee under the provisions of the occupational disease statute, K.S.A. 44-5a01 et seq.

The claimant, Betty J. Hill, was employed by respondent as an assembly line worker. Her job entitled the placing of molding on back windows of automobiles. Her work required repeated hammering with...

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