Ecken v. O'Brien

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

On August 21st, 1929, respondent, Ecken, suffered an injury by an accident which arose out of and in the course of his employment with prosecutor. There were several “informal” awards, by the compensation burean, of compensation for the resultant disability — the last on the basis of twenty-five per cent, of total disability. On May 4th, 1932, after full satisfaction of this award, the first formal petition was filed. An answer was filed by the employer, and the proceedings terminated in a stipulation between the parties, providing for the…