Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-29
COMPENSATION FINDINGS . Three Claims Heard by cofmissioner
 Donohue. .

Compensation Commissioner James J. Donohue has made awards Thurs day in three claims which were heard at hearings held in his office on Dec. g.
 The hearing of Dannis W. Onconnor. Mass, vs. The Burr Lumber Co., of Higganum, was held on Friday, Dec. 22, and following the employees injury an agreement for compensation was effected whereby the employe was to receive compensation during the pe- weekly, together with the medical, surgical and hospital services. It was found that 40 weeks compensation has already been paid amounting to $315. Compensation for 182 weeks for the loss of the use of the right leg and for 91 weeks for the loss of 50 per cent. if the use of the left leg would make a total of 273 weeks and this would amount to $2,Q<7.50, leav- ing at the present time $1732.50 due tween the parties themselves to make the figure an even amount of $500, and the respondents agreed to furnish also a brace and knaecap for the claimant
 O'Connor while in the employ of the Burr Lumber Co.,. on Feb. 2, 1916, pile of ties slipped and wedged him between the ties. causing confusion of the side and injury to the spine and lumbar muscles. This injury has resulted in the loss of the right leg and partial loss of the use of the left. The extent of this loss of use of the left leg. was considered to be about one half.
 The claim of Michael Adorno, 7s College street. vs. R. M. Goodrich of not having received an injury arising out of and in the course of employ ment.
 At the hearing the claimant did not appear but was representedu by his father. From the testimony it is between IA and 15 years of age and was engaged in picking tobacco leaves from the ground of the respondent in Cromwell and placing them in bas- kets which had wooden runners or them and made especially for the pur-
 tached to them for drawing them to the end of the rows where they were placed on teams by the teamsters and taken away. It was not the duty of the boy to lift the baskets but sim | ply to place the tobacco leaves 1T | the POW. The attending physician 1T | the case states that the boy was suf- | fering from a conditoin of varicocele | of the left side.
 | It Is not a cOnQ1t1On aItrIDutdDlt l to an injury. The foreman for MT Goodrich brought uot the point tha l the work that the boy did was no
 of such a character that it would no l be possible for him to get injured a! | was claimed.
 | Commissioner Donohue awarded 1 compensation from Nov. 8 to Dec. 2s 1 inclusive, a period Of seven weeks | at the rate of S6.5O weekly, amountins | to S45.50 in the claim of John B. Wart | of Versailles vs. the State of Connec | lieut. highway department and tha l compensation at the same rate shal from Dec. 26, be paid weekly durin:
 the remaining period of disability. From the testimony at the hearin l which was held on Dec. 22, it wa found that on Oct. 2S, while steppin! | out of an automobile claimants foo | slipped beneath the automobile an | the wheel passed over his heel. caus ing a severe confusion and abrasion o
 the heel This injury, however, di not prevent the employe from work ing for week after the injury, a
 which time blood poison developed a | a result of this injury, on account 0 | which condition he has been unab1 | to work up to the present time an 1 will be incapacitated for some week
 longer. It was found that this injur
 occurred while the claimant was re