Claim of Courteau v. Buffalo Flour Mills, Inc.

This is an appeal from that part of a decision and award which discharged the Special Fund for Reopened Cases from liability and assessed the award made against the employer and the appellant American Motorists Insurance Company. Claimant was injured in an industrial accident on April 29, 1942, and sustained a ruptured intervertebral disc which necessitated an operation. He returned to work on September 14, 1942. He was given an award for temporary total disability during that period and such award was paid. Apparently he continued to have some difficulty and on May 24,1943, the board…