Sutton v. Industrial Commission

JACOBSON, Judge.

The single question before this court is whether a prior nonindustrial injury resulted in a loss of earning capacity at the time of a subsequent scheduled industrial injury which would then convert that injury into the unscheduled class.

Petitioner was employed as a carloader prior to serving in the Marine Corps during World War II. As a result of his wartime duties, petitioner suffered a 60' percent loss of hearing for which he is. presently being compensated by the federal, government at the rate of $162 per month.. Upon being discharged from the service in 1945, petitioner…