Chaney v. State Compensation Commissioner

Lovins, President:

This appeal comes to this Court on petition of claimant’s employer. The validity of an order entered by the Workmen’s Compensation. Appeal Board on October 7, 1944, is the sole question presented.

Claimant, Hillary Chaney, was employed as a coal loader by Youngstown Mines Corporation, and in the course of such employment on October 11, 1940, suffered a simple fracture of the bones of his left leg near the ankle. Compensation benefits were paid claimant on a total temporary basis until June 8, 1941. Shortly after the cessation of such payments, claimant resumed his former…