Walker v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.

These three cases involve common issues and were consolidated for argument. In each case the employer, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, appeals from a decree of the full Workmen’s Compensation Commission affirming a trial commissioner’s decree granting the petition of the employee to enforce the provisions of a preliminary agreement requiring payment of weekly disability benefits. We discuss only Walker v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp., No. 76-343-Appeal, but what we say with respect to it is dispositive of the other two cases as well.

The facts are not in dispute. On December 4,…