House v. State Accident Insurance Fund

Prank B. House, claimant herein, was a 41-year-old heavy equipment operator employed by Prank G. Baulne, Inc., when he injured his hack in an on-the-job accident in 1966. On September 30, 1966, the State Compensation Department (now the State Accident Insurance Fund) denied his workman’s compensation claim. Subsequently, a referee of the Workmen’s Compensation Board Hearings Division remanded the claim to the department and ordered its acceptance. Pursuant thereto, the department issued a second determination order awarding claimant 25 per cent of the maximum available for unscheduled low…