Johnson v. Eastern Coal Corp.

WADDILL, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a judgment upholding an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board which in effect refused to review an award of certain compensation benefits to appellant, Earnest Johnson.

Subsequent to sustaining a work-connected accidental injury in 1957 Johnson and his employer, appellee Eastern Coal Corporation, executed and filed with the Board an agreement settling Johnson’s workmen’s compensation claim. This was approved and thereby became an award of the Board. Pursuant to its terms compensation was paid by the company to Johnson.

Later Johnson moved to…