Claim of Stearns v. American Laundry Machinery Co.

Appeal by an employer and its insurance carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board which affirmed the decision of a referee, who held that a letter from claimant constituted an application to reopen his case.

Claimant was injured July 31, 1941, and was paid an award of compensation. At a hearing held June 5, 1946, a referee *482found that claimant was suffering from a permanent partial disability, but as he was then working for the same employer and with no reduction in wages the case was closed without a monetary award. On October 22, 1947, in reply to its own inquiry, the board…