Kurzaji v. Warner and Bowman

The commissioner determined that the plaintiff-claimant had sustained, in consequence of an injury, a permanent loss of vision as a result of an operation for a traumatic cataract requiring the removal of the lens of the right eye which had occasioned a permanent reduction of vision to the extent of eighty-five per cent, and accordingly made an award to him on April 9th, 1926. On July 2d, 1926, the plaintiff moved to reopen the award, and upon hearing had upon the motion, the commissioner found that the award had been made by him under a misapprehension of fact, in that he did not understand…