Kolyer v. Westmoreland Coal Co.

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

The referee, the Workmen’s Compensation Board, and the court below refused to allow claimant additional compensation. On behalf of claimant, who has appealed, the question involved is stated thus: Where, as the result of the loss of his foot, claimant is required to use crutches, and, within the period during which he is receiving compensation, his crutch slips, causing Mm to fall and injure himself seriously about the Mp ánd pelvic region, is the claimant entitled to compensation in addition to that for tbe loss of the foot?

Claimant, while employed by defendant, was…