Special Indemnity Fund v. Reeder

CORN, Justice.

This is a proceeding by Special Indemnity Fund to review an award of 'the State Industrial Commission awarding compensation in favor of respondent, C. C. Reeder. Fleet Drilling Company, employer of respondent, and its insurance carrier are also made parties to the proceeding.

The claim as between respondent and his employer and its insurance carrier has been settled by joint petition settlement. We are here concerned only with the award against Special Indemnity Fund.

It appears from the claim filed and the evidence offered in support thereof that on December 1, 1953, respondent,…