Robinson v. State Compensation Commissioner

Riley, President:

The petitioner, E. R. Robinson, an employee of the Traux-Traer Coal Company, on November 29, 1935, was awarded compensation for the complete loss of the sight in his left eye. The last payment on the award was made, on December 17, 1937. He now claims that the injury to his left eye has so affected his right eye that he is totally blind, for which compensation for total permanent disability is sought.

The controlling question presented by the instant record is jurisdictional. It concerns the effect of the failure of the claimant to make a written application for further…