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- Title: Polston v. Ready Made Homes
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 09, 1951
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This was a workmen's compensation case. The claimant, James K.
Polston, had been employed as a carpenter for about three years
by the respondent, Ready Made Homes, Inc., which was building
residences in and near Pittsburg, Kansas. He was 58 years of age.
On the 28th day of September, 1949, he was laying oak flooring
when a nail glanced off his hammer and struck his left eye.
Before the examiner of the workmen's compensation commission the
parties stipulated that the relationship of employer and workman
existed at the time of the alleged accident, September 28, 1949;
that the parties were governed by the Kansas workmen's
compensation act; that the claimant's average weekly wage was
$70; that respondent had actual knowledge of the accident within
ten days; that written claim for compensation had been made as
required by law; that the claimant met with an accidental injury
which arose out of and in the course of his employment; that
respondent had furnished and paid for medical service in a sum
stated, and that claimant had been paid weekly compensation for
34 weeks [171 Kan. 337]
at $20 per week. It was further stipulated that the issues are:
(1) Nature and extent of claimant's disability, if any, and (2)
the amount of compensation due, if any.