Viaene v. Mikel

Cyriel Viaene was a carpenter. His claim before the workmen’s compensation commission, filed January 12, 1955, shows that he suffered compound comminuted fractures of the right leg, ankle and foot, on September 6, 1949, when a scaffold collapsed while he was working on a house. His employer was the builder — one William L. Mikel, the defendant and appellant in this proceeding. The claim also asserts that Mr. Viaene, the plaintiff and appellee in this proceeding, is still totally disabled.

When this matter was set for hearing before a referee of the workmen’s compensation commission on June 16,…