Claim of Weiss v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.

Appeal by a self-insured employer from a decision and award made by the Workmen’s Compensation Board which allowed claimant disability compensation in the amount of $5,442.29, at the weekly rate of $20.68, covering the period from April 26, 1947, to May 11, 1952, and directing the employer to continue payments until there is a change in claimant’s condition.

Claimant is a lawyer and was admitted to the Bar in 1926. Prior to the accident he worked part time as a clerk for the employer, which was engaged in the general express business. When he was not so working he practiced law. On one…