Burgess v. State Compensation Commissioner

Maxwell, President:

Claimant, an employee of Newlyn Coal Company, was injured in his hips and back by a fall of coal in a mine of said company on the 29th of November, 1927. The evidence shows that as a result of the injuries to complainant’s nerves and muscles he is suffering from incontinence of urine and feces. The commissioner made an award of forty per centum permanent total disability. Thereafter, some payments under the award having been paid, upon protest against the award by the employer, the commissioner caused further inquiry to be made into the claim and, upon reconsideration of…