Felty v. Compensation Commissioner

KenNA, Judge:

Both of the bones in James Felty’s lower right leg were fractured April 8, 1937, in the course of and resulting from his employment by Wheeling Valley Coal Corporation. The requirements having been complied with, he was placed on a temporary total rating which was allowed to run the full period of seventy-eight weeks, immediately following the expiration of which, the Commissioner awarded Felty a twenty-five per cent permanent disability rating. On March 20, 1939, the award was raised to thirty-five per cent, on November 24, 1939, to forty per cent, and on October 31, 1940, to…