Claim of Pollock v. Shoe

Appeal *847by employer and insurance carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board dated January 26, 1946, determining appellants’ liability for an award of death benefits made by said board to claimant, and exonerating therefrom the Fund for Reopened Cases. The findings that the employer’s payments to deceased of what is termed a $20 per week “ pension ” constituted payments of compensation, is supported by competent evidence. The prior decisions of the board that deceased had completely recovered from his original injury, were not res judicata. (Matter of Boettger v. Young Men’s…