Stever v. Rea & Derick

(Fifty-Seventh Judicial District, Specially Presiding),

Joseph Stever was injured on May 18, 1939, as the result of an accident while working within the course of his employment with defendant. He suffered contusions of the head with extradural hemorrhage as a result of which he was totally disabled.

On July 10, 1939, the Bureau of Workmen’s Compensation approved an agreement between the parties, providing for compensation payments at the total disability rate of $18 per week beginning as of May 25, 1939. On December 7, 1948, defendant filed a petition to modify the agreement on the ground that…