Gilmore v. Western Coal & Mining Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one for compensation. The injury was a schedule injury — loss of an eye — and the arbitrator awarded *159compensation in a lump sum. The court modified the award to one for periodical payments, and the plaintiff appeals.

(Filed May 25, 1922.)

When the legislature revised the workmen’s compensation act in 1917 it provided for payment of compensation for the first week of disability, partial in character but permanent in quality, and then provided as follows:

“Thereafter, compensation in a lump sum shall be paid as provided in the…