Smyzer v. BF Goodrich Chemical Company

REED, Judge.

In this workmen’s compensation case, the circuit court set aside an award that the Workmen’s Compensation Board had made in favor of Robert L. Smyzer against his employer, B. F. Goodrich Chemical Company. Smyzer has appealed to this court on two grounds: first, that the circuit court erred in substituting its evaluation of the evidence for that of the board and, second, that the circuit court was without jurisdiction because the employer’s appeal from the board’s award to the circuit court was not timely filed. We are of the opinion that the circuit court had jurisdiction of the…