Choate v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

W. M. Choate sued Hartford Accident Indemnity Company to set aside an award of the Industrial Accident Board and to recover compensation insurance. The claim as made to said board was for an injury received of August 31, 1930, in the nature of burns, resulting from the ignition of gas in a pit in which Choate was working upon a pipe line as an employee of the Lone Star Gas Company. The injury was described as "the complete loss of the sight of his left eye," and it was further stated: "Claimant also sustained other painful burns and permanent scars; however, he only places claim for the…