Larson v. Ohio Match Co.

Oscar Larson, while working for the respondent, received an injury by a board falling on his leg for which he received compensation. Some fourteen months thereafter he suffered a stroke of paralysis from which he soon after died. Prior to his death, however, he filed a petition with the Industrial Accident Board to reopen his case on the ground of a change in conditions occasioned by the paralysis, which he claimed was caused by the leg injury. The Industrial Accident Board denied the petition and this was affirmed by the district court. The decedent’s widow, as administratrix of his estate,…