Georges Creek Coal Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Kenna, Judge:

Alfonzo Thomas was injured on the 20th day of April, 1933, while in the employ of the Georges Creek Coal Company at Hetzel in Logan County. The employer being a subscriber to the Workmen’s Compensation Fund, an application, proper in all formal respects, for an award of compensation by the Compensation Commissioner was made. Upon “open case” or temporary status, Thomas was paid eight dollars a week until the 24th day of October, 1934. At that time, a twenty-five per cent disability award was made by the commissioner entitling claimant to eight dollars a week for one hundred…