Turner v. State Compensation Commissioner

Riley, Judge:

Elmer E. Turner, who had been paid compensation on the basis of a 20% permanent partial disability rating, prosecutes this appeal from an order of the Compensa tion Appeal Board affirming the action of the State Compensation Commissioner in which a reopening of his claim, under Section 1 (b), Article 5, Chapter 137, Acts 1939 Legislature, was refused on the ground that a proper showing had not been made.

The claimant, a carpenter by trade, on July 31, 1939, was severely injured by a fall, while working within the course of and as a result of his employment. It is his contention,…