Allen v. Dravo Corporation

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

The claimant on June 17, 1938 sustained very severe injuries while in the employ of the defendant company, as a result of the tipping of a scaffold on which he was working, and his consequent fall of about sixty feet. An open agreement of compensation was entered into under which he was paid compensation for total disability up to and including June 6, 1940.

On June 26, 1940 the defendant asked for a modification of the compensation agreement from total to a partial disability of 50 per cent, to which the claimant filed an answer denying that there was any such decrease…