Claim of Leskin v. Savin Construction Co.

Appeal by the employer and carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board awarding $20 per week for nursing services rendered to the claimant by his wife. The board found that the injuries resulting from the accident caused a disabling condition for which continued nursing care from October 31, 1959 was necessary and that the carrier “having knowledge of the nature of the injury and of the necessity for practical nursing care, failed to provide said nursing care and therefore that the carrier is liable for the practical nursing care supplied by the claimant’s wife from October…