Kentucky Supreme Court March 20, 1979 (Schneider v. Putnam)

PALMORE, Chief Justice.

The appellee, Curtis Putnam, Jr., at the age of 36 years, suffered a back injury while performing manual labor as a receiving clerk for food products at the Executive Inn in Louisville. At the time of the injury he had a pre-existing but as yet nondis-abling degenerative condition of the spine.