Railroad Water & Coal Handling Co. v. Industrial Commission

On May 19, 1926, Clarence Patterson, defendant in error, while in the employ of plaintiff in error, the Railroad Water and Coal Handling Company, was accidentally injured. He filed his claim for compensation with the Industrial Commission on August 5, 1926. The arbitrator found that as a result of the accident he was permanently and totally disabled, and entered an award for $7.50 per week for a period of 320 weeks and thereafter a pension for life of $192 annually, payable in the sum of $16 monthly. The case was reviewed by the Industrial Commission on petition of plaintiff in error and the…