Industrial Commission v. Kokel

Mr. Chief Justice Francis E. Bouck

delivered the opinion of the court.

On September 11, 1936, the defendant in error Kokel, who was employed by the American Smelting & Refining Company in its Globe Smelting plant at Denver, sustained an injury compensable under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The employer acknowledged liability. The sums thereafter regularly awarded by the Industrial Commission for temporary total disability and for five per cent permanent disability were duly paid. The employee did not file any petition for review, but accepted the compensation without objection. The matter is…