Sullivan v. Green

Mr. Chibe Justice Neil

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The plaintiff in error, who was the plaintiff in the trial court, was seriously and permanently injured while working as a regular employee of the defendant, Big Rock Coal Company. His injury resulted from pushing a loaded coal car in the defendant’s mine. His disability flows from a hiatus hernia or rupture of the diaphragm.

The defendant employer paid the petitioner compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Statute at the rate of $30 a week for four consecutive weeks, or a total of $120, at which time it ceased payments on the…