Newman v. Murphy Pacific Corp.

This appeal is from a judgment of the circuit court denying claims for permanent partial disability and *19for the assessment of penalties and attorney fees dne to the insurer’s allegedly unreasonable resistance and delay in the processing of that claim. The Workmen’s Compensation Board and the hearing officer had previously made similar orders.

Claimant, a 38-year-old ironworker, sustained two industrial injuries, the first on April 13, 1971 when he was struck on the head by a bucket of bolts and fell on an exposed H-beam, and the second on July 23, 1971 when he was hit by a winch handle. In…