Eckley v. Rae

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

The claimant in this workmen’s compensation case was a steel worker. On July 24, 1929, while engaged in the construction of a bridge, he fell from the scaffold to the ground, about 25 feet below, sustaining severe injuries to the lower portion of his body. Shortly thereafter, an agreement was executed, under which compensation was paid for total disability at the rate of $15 per week, until September 8, 1932, when a supplemental agreement was entered into, which recited that the claimant was no longer totally disabled. It provided for compensation thereafter at the rate…