Broadnax v. Ford Motor Co.

This,is an appeal in the nature of certiorari by an employee from an award by the department of labor and industry denying his petition for further compensation. It is agreed that plaintiff on February 18, 1930, while in defendant’s employ suffered a compensable accident. He was paid compensation on an approved agreement dated March 14, .1930. On a petition to stop filed by defendant, an award was made in February, 1931, of compensation at the rate of $1.20 a week for partial disability for the unexpired portion of the 500-week maximum compensation period. On plaintiff’s petition the…