Antonovich v. State Compensation Commissioner

Litz, President:

The petitioner, Andy Antonovich, was struck by falling slate, November 18, 1929, in the course of his employment as a coal miner for The Collieries Company, a subscriber to the Workmen’s Compensation Fund. The blow produced a compression fracture of the lumbar vertebrae which resulted in flaccid paralysis, rendering him helpless and unable to eliminate urine or other waste matter. He was immediately conveyed to the Mountain State Hospital at Charleston and there treated until August 4, 1930; was then taken to Davy, McDowell County; and returned to the hospital November 4,…