Standard Coal Co. v. State Industrial Commission

The respondent, J. W. Skipper, while in the employment of the Standard Coal Company, the petitioner herein, as a shot firer and while in a stooping' position wailing- for the train to get out of his way, was injured by the falling of a rock, and as a result of the injury respondent lost, to a large extent, the lateral motion of his head.

The Commission found that at the time of the hearing the claimant was totaly disabled from the performance of ordinary manual labor, but further found that it could not be determined at that time whether or not said total disability was permanent, and ordered…