Veritone Co. v. Industrial Commission

The claimant, Mildred Myslewiec, was injured when she fell from a chair on which she was standing while stacking boxes on May 17, 1973. At a hearing before an arbitrator, the respondent, Veritone Company, stipulated that the injuries arose out of and in the course of the claimant’s employment but disputed the nature and extent of the claimant’s disability. The arbitrator found that as a result of the claimant’s condition, which was diagnosed by one medical witness as “agitated depression,” the claimant suffers from a total and permanent disability. The arbitrator awarded the claimant…