Hoover v. Industrial Commission

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sutton.

Plaintiff in error, Hoover, seeks relief by writ of error from a judgment of the District Court which affirmed the action of the Industrial Commission and its referee in refusing to reopen, on petition a second time, his claim for alleged further disability on the ground of error, mistake or change of condition since the matter was last adjudicated. We shall refer to plaintiff in error as Hoover or claimant.

The record discloses that Hoover suffered a severe non-compensable injury to his arm and head, as a youth, in 1945. On August 21, 1959, during the course of…