Ballard v. Ohio Edison Co.

The case was tried upon an agreed statement of facts from which it appears that approximately two weeks after his injury Walter Ballard filed with the Industrial Commission a first notice of the injury together with an application for compensation; that upon receipt of the notice and application by the commission the claim was given a file number in conformity with the usual procedure; that two months later when Walter Ballard died a first notice of his death was likewise filed with the commission; that the widow as the sole dependent then entered into the agreement for the payment of…