Industrial Commission v. Newton Lumber & Manufacturing Co.

Plaintiffs in error seek reversal of a judgment of the Denver District Court vacating an award of the Industrial Commission in a proceeding arising under the Workmen’s Compensation Act of Colorado, C.R.S. ’53, 81-1-1, et seq.

We will refer to the Industrial Commission as the “Commission”; to Joseph H. McColm as “Claimant”; defendant in error Newton Lumber Company as '“Employer,” and the insurance carrier, Ocean Accident and Guarantee Company, Ltd., as “Insuror.”

Claimant, a carpenter, was employed by Employer in its cabinet shop as a millman. On July 16, 1954, he sustained an accidental injury…