Golconda Portland Cement Co. v. Industrial Commission

April 27, 1923, William Riley, an employee of plaintiff in error, while carrying a heavy timber sustained a straining injury which he claims is a double inguinal hernia. He filed a claim for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation act, and it was heard by an arbitrator September 11, 1923, and an award entered for 416 weeks’ pay at $10.50 per week for temporary total incapacity to work. On review before the Industrial Commission this award was set aside and an award entered in lieu thereof for $10.53 a week for a period of 320 weeks and thereafter a pension for life at the rate of…