Centralia Coal Co. v. Industrial Commission

This writ of error is prosecuted to review a judgment of the circuit court of Marion county confirming an award of the Industrial Commission in favor of Art Coffey for the loss of forty per cent of the use of his right leg. It is urged that there is no competent evidence in the record upon which to base such an award.

June 19, 1918, defendant in error was caught under a fall of rock from the ceiling of the mine of plaintiff in error and suffered a serious injury to his left leg, hip and back. There is abundant evidence in the record to sustain an award for a forty per cent permanent loss of…