Woods v. Jacob Dold Packing Co.

In our opinion and judgment filed in this appeal {Woods v. Jacob Dold Packing Co., 141 Kan. 363, 41 P. 2d 748) this court held that since the workmen’s compensation act is complete in itself, its remedies are exclusive, it does not sanction the imposition of interest charges upon specific items of an award, and its legislative history shows the lawmakers’ deliberate intent to exclude allowances of interest from its provisions, it was error for the trial court to allow an interest charge on the item awarded for burial expenses of the deceased workman.

Counsel for appellant now direct our…