MALCOM v. LA-Z-BOY MIDWEST CHAIR CO.

No. 12062.

618 S.W.2d 725 (1981)

Jim E. MALCOM, Claimant-Respondent, v. LA-Z-BOY MIDWEST CHAIR COMPANY, Employer-Appellant, and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Insurer-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

June 25, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. R. Buehner, Buehner & Buehner, Joplin, for claimant-respondent.

John R. Martin, Blanchard, Van Fleet, Martin, Robertson & Dermott, Joplin, for appellants.


PREWITT, Presiding Judge.

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission reversed the administrative law judge and entered an award in favor of claimant. The Commission found that his back was injured by an "abnormal strain" caused by several hours of "twisting and turning". The circuit court affirmed the award. Appellants contend that the evidence was insufficient to find that claimant sustained an accident as a result of an abnormal strain; that the Commission erred...

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