Consolidated Coal Co. v. Industrial Commission

Remeda Cavada, an employee of the Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, was accidentally injured on February 10, 1923, while engaged at his work. He filed an application for an adjustment of his claim with the Industrial Commission on June 27, 1923, on which there was a hearing on February 6, 1924, before an arbitrator. It was stipulated that the questions in dispute were the wages of the applicant for the year next preceding the injury, the nature and extent of the disability and the compensation due or to become due, if any. The arbitrator made an award on July 14, 1924, of $17 a week for…