Witt's Dairy v. Industrial Accident Commission

GOODELL, J., pro tem.

On February 5,1938, respondent Fred Corwin, while in the employ of petitioner Witt’s Dairy as an ice-cream maker, sustained an injury to his right knee. Petitioner Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Company, the insurance carrier for the employer, without a hearing before the commission, voluntarily accepted liability, and medical treatment was furnished and compensation as provided by law was paid to Corwin for sixty-six weeks at the rate of $21.61 per week. At the expiration of this period these payments were discontinued by the insurance carrier on the ground that as of…