Claim of State Mutual Life Assurance Co. v. Walker

Appeal by the disability benefits carrier from a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Board which found that although the disability benefits carrier has a lien for disability benefits paid to claimant, it is not a lien against the award. Claimant, Elizabeth Walker, sustained an accidental heart injury on October 22, 1961. The resulting compensation claim was controverted and disability payments of $23 per week were commenced by appellant. Thereafter, appellant sent a letter dated January 22, 1962, to the board that it had commenced payments and indicated it was filing form DB-470, a…