Kinney v. State Industrial Accident Commission

This is an appeal by the defendant State Industrial Accident Commission (now the Workmen’s Compensation Board: OES 656.002 (3)) from a judgment of the circuit court on an appeal from the order of the Commission denying plaintiff’s claim for compensation. In a jury trial, after the plaintiff had rested and the defendant, without introducing any evidence, also rested, both sides moved for a directed verdict. The jury was thereupon discharged and the court found that the plaintiff had sustained a compensable injury and entered an order referring the case back to the Commission for the fixing of…