Claim of Rowe v. Patrick McGovern, Inc.

This case has an unusual history. Here we have a workman who has three times been found by the Industrial Board to have sustained an accident which resulted in the partial loss of hearing of both ears, but who has been thrice denied compensation. In the first set of findings the reason assigned was that there was “ no medical evidence ” to indicate that he had suffered any loss of earnings as the result of these injuries and upon the next two occasions it was that he was not caused to lose any earning power by reason of his injuries. These, in the face of the obvious facts that he actually…