PRESNELL v. KELLY

No. 16527.

740 P.2d 43 (1987)

113 Idaho 1

Dorothy Mae PRESNELL, Claimant-Appellant, v. Lucy KELLY, dba/Lynwood Norge, Employer, and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Surety, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

June 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emil F. Pike, Twin Falls, for claimant-appellant.

John W. Barrett, Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett & Blanton, Boise, for defendants-respondents.


HUNTLEY, Justice.

On December 26, 1979, Dorothy Mae Presnell was removing solvent-soaked clothing from a washing machine, which had mechanically failed, when she felt a sharp pain in her back radiating down her leg and suffered a disc herniation at the L5-6 level. Mrs. Presnell was employed by Lynwood Norge Cleaning to operate dry cleaning machines, mop floors and clean the washers and dryers.

After the injury, Presnell underwent a laminectomy for a protruded...

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