Claim of Cohen v. Ashford Plumbing Co.

Hasbrouck, J. (dissenting):

This is an appeal from an award of the State Industrial Board made to claimant June 23, 1921, and corrected March 22, 1922.

On March 17, 1921, the employer made a report of Cohen’s injury, stating the nature of the injury as follows: “ Back ache.” April twentieth, the attending physician, Jacob Gold, made a report describing the injury as “ contused back, strained lumbar muscles, painful extremities.”

Cohen’s claim for compensation which was submitted in writing on April 20, 1920, states his injury as follows: “ Badly strained back. Sprained left hip. Complications of…