Jim Rathmann Chevrolet Cadillac, Inc. v. Barnard

DREW, Justice.

The commission in this case has affirmed an award of compensation for temporary total and permanent partial disability, i. e. loss of hearing in one ear, apportioned equally between a compensable accidental injury and pre-existing disease.

Only two questions are involved in these proceedings and both are factual. The first question is whether there was an accident; and the second is whether the injuries for which compensation is claimed were causally related to such accident.

Very few compensation orders of a deputy commissioner are as complete and well prepared as the one…