Laptew v. Moore Fabrics, Inc.

This is an employee’s petition to review a preliminary agreement on the grounds of his decreased earning capacity and need for additional medical treatment in excess of the maximum. The case is here on the petitioner’s appeal from a decree of the workmen’s compensation commission affirming a decree of a single member of that commission which contains the following findings: “1. That there has been no decrease in the petitioner’s earning capacity since the Decree of this Commission on October 29, 1954. 2. That the petitioner is in need of medical treatment in excess of the maximum.”

Under his…