Consolidated Engineering Co. v. Cooper

A determination of the novel question presented by this ■case, 1 as to whether compensation for a serious disability is payable at the rate of forty dollars per week for the entire -award or only for the so-called extra award, depends on the intention of the legislature in enacting § 36(3a) of Article 101 of the Code of 1957.

The facts are not in dispute. As the result of an injury on July 15, 1965, the claimant (Sullie W. Cooper) sustained a total loss of vision in his left eye. On March 29, 1966, the Workmen’s Compensation Commission found that the claimant had been temporarily totally…