Ross v. C. F. Lytle Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jackson, J.:

This is a workmen’s compensation case and really presents only one question for our decision. The question presented is whether an award made to the claimant for a condition found to be temporary' in character may be commuted or settled by an order for a lump sum payment.

It will be helpful to briefly give a review of the background of the case. Claimant, who is the appellee here, has been engaged in heavy manual labor during his working life. In 1945, he suffered a back injury and underwent surgery involving a spinal fusion. After his…