Scott v. State Compensation Commissioner

Maxwell, Judge:

On tbe 20th of October, 1925, Fred Scott, a coal miner, was injured by a fall of slate in a coal mine in Fayette County while in the course of his employment by Cannelton Coal & Coke Company, a subscriber to the Workmen’s Compensation Fund. He was first awarded compensation on the basis of twenty per centum partial permanent disability. The rating was later increased to thirty percentum, and again fifty per centum. Payments under the last rating terminated August 27, 1929. Subsequent to said date, claimant asserted his right to compensation on the basis of total permanent…