Cunningham v. Colen

This was an action for compensation before the Industrial Board by the appellee, Clarence M. Colen, against the appellant. The claim alleged that the appellee was an employee of the appellant’s and that he was injured while so employed on October 16, 1937, while tin plating a coil pasteurizer for milk for the appellants, and that such injury occurred when a blow torch he was using caught on fire and sprayed the appellee with gasoline and burnt him on the body. It was further alleged that the appellee’s earnings were $30.00 per week.

This is the second appeal of the case, the first appeal being…