Miller Creamery v. Industrial Accident Commission

This matter comes to us upon a writ to review an award made by the Industrial Accident Commission for further compensation to respondent James Acker, after an order had been made terminating compensation.

The respondent, James Acker, was an employee of Miller Creamery, working as a truck driver. He was injured in the course of his employment upon July 22, 1922, and while still suffering from the effects of this injury he was injured again in the course of his employment upon July 26, 1922. The petitioner Amsterdam Casualty Company, the insurance carrier, paid compensation to Acker in accordance with the orders of the Industrial Accident Commission up to June 9, 1923, and also furnished medical treatment to Acker, including a surgical operation and hospital care. Upon said last-mentioned date the Industrial Accident Commission made the following order: “Upon stipulation of the parties, it is ordered that upon payment to applicant of two weeks’ additional compensation and the sum of $15 for the purchase of glasses, as prescribed in said stipulation, defendant’s liability for continuing temporary disability payments under the findings and award of May 6, 1923, be and the same is…