Reid v. Landess

McCORMICK, Justice.

The principal question here is whether the industrial commissioner has a duty to furnish an indigent at public expense a transcript of proceedings for use in appealing an arbitration decision. The trial court held he does not. We affirm.

Plaintiff Carol Jo Reid suffered a broken leg in 1971 and alleges she is entitled to workmen’s compensation for the injury. She made a workmen’s compensation claim which her former employer denied. She filed a petition for arbitration. A board of arbitration was appointed pursuant to § 86.-15, The Code, 1971. The board heard plaintiff’s…