Drake v. Fuller Manfg. Co.

Herbert E. Drake, plaintiff, suffered a compensable injury to his back on August 19, 1936, and a final settlement was approved by the department of labor and industry January 8, 1937. Plaintiff resumed work on December 21, 1936, and worked continuously until July, 1938, when he was laid off. On November 4, 1938, he filed a petition for further compensation claiming that his physical condition had changed for the worse and that he had become totally disabled.

Defendant proved at the hearing on the petition that on April 8, 1938, plaintiff, claiming the loss of Ms rigM eye through a subsequent…