General Acc. Etc. Corp. v. Ind. Acc. Com.

This proceeding is brought for the purpose of reviewing an order made by the Industrial Accident Commission in the matter of an application to determine the amount of compensation, if any, payable by petitioner to M.C. Robinson because of an injury or injuries received by him in the course of his employment. It appears that Robinson suffered two accidents, each of which having affected his right knee. The first accident occurred on August 25, 1921, and the second some three years and six months later, to wit, on February 26, 1925. No application or other proceeding was filed by Robinson with the Industrial Accident Commission for the purpose of having his rights determined with reference to the first accident until after the second accident had occurred. Compensation for the first accident and medical attention, however, were given to Robinson by his employer to the same extent as might have been awarded through appropriate action by the Industrial Accident Commission. It is further shown that after a period of some weeks following the first accident Robinson was discharged by his employer's physician *Page 316 as cured from the effects of the first injury, and thereupon that…