Visnic v. Westmoreland Coal Co.

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

The claimant in this workmen’s compensation case was employed in defendant’s mines and was injured by a fall of slate which struck him on the head, back, hips and legs on November 6, 1936. On December 11, 1936, the parties entered an open agreement providing for payments of compensation at the rate of $15 per week for total disability resulting from a fracture of the right femur. Defendant petitioned for termination of the agreement on September 14, 1942, alleging that claimant’s injuries had resolved into the permanent loss of his leg, compensable for a period of 215 weeks…