Johnson v. General Motors Corporation

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harman, C.:

We are concerned first with the authority of a district court to order lump sum redemption of a workmen’s compensation award.

The claimant-appellee received an award of compensation against the respondent-appellant for an injury received January 5, 1965. The award was for five and three-sevenths weeks of temporary total disability at the rate of $42.00 per week, followed by five per cent permanent disability for four hundred eight and two-sevenths weeks, payable at the rate of $3.90 per week.

Payments under this award were made for…