Zitzman v. MacHt

Certiorari by employer and his insurer to review the decision of the industrial commission awarding respondent 15 weeks’ compensation for temporary total disability at $18 per week in addition to the 20 weeks’ compensation theretofore paid by the insurer.

Respondent was injured by a cave-in while excavating for a basement. His claimed injuries were a fractured left clavicle, three fractured ribs, nerve injury in right arm causing a wrist drop, and an injury to the back. The clavicle injury was satisfactorily healed, as was also the injury to the right arm and wrist; disability therefrom had…