Nellis v. Quealy

Claimant, Yern Nellis, sought workmen’s compensation from his employer, S. R. Quealy, and the latter’s insurer, Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company. The claim was for partial loss of vision in claimant’s eye, resulting, as claimant alleged, from some material falling into his eye while he was cleaning and scraping his employer’s dump truck. The arbitration hearing before the deputy industrial commissioner resulted in a denial of the claim, but upon review the industrial commissioner reversed this decision and made an award in favor of claimant for $15 a week for fifty weeks, with interest…