Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-15
LUMP SUM PAYMENT
FOR INJURY DENIED
BY ACCIDENT BOARD
Weekly Payments Deemed Best
Except in Very Exceptional
Instances.
MORE INACCORD WITH LAW

SPECIAL Cores poodcnce W Escfy FN"n%
At regular meeting Of tho Delaware
Industrial Accident Board. yesterday.
the following award was undo m the case
of Joseph France, complainant. vs.
Electric Hose and Rubber 60. oi vii
mnEt n
The above clam came on for hearing
upon the application of Joseph France
before the Industrial Accident Board
III the State of Delaware, at It's office.
Wilmington. Delaware on May ., 1918.
for communication of compensation, due
notirc nf SAID Application having been
previously gwen 10 Electric Hose and
Rubber 60.
On Apnl rs. 1915. Joseph France
was injured nv accident arising out Of
and IN tho course of his employment rs
laborcr. within this state, Ivy Electric
Hose and Rubber Go Ten May =, 1915
France entered into an agreement with
said employer at the rate ot 81 IL per week
Tor period of II weeks from the 10Th dav
of April, 1918 agreement shows that
the sole injury consisted of the loss of
thr right eve The compensation agreed
upon Is IN accordance with 3ln3 J, Section
los. ut the Delaware Norkmcus Com
pcnSatlon law
Tho SAID Joseph France now makes
aprl,catinn to the industrial AccIdcnt
Hoard of the state of Delaware Tor com
mutatinn. ~ N other wnrua FOR lump
slIm ravrncnt giving the reason that he
dceirt,s Ia purchase real estate IN W lining
ton lie makes thus application under
:{1n3 +. @cctlau H.. oi the Delaware
Nor>mcu compensation law. which
IS a= follows
The compensation contemplated hy
Tin. article may ~ connutci bv said
lr,astrial Nrc,.lcnt Board II its present
>alu, when discounted IL , rer cent
lntrrc-t. with annual rests. dI-r"gerd'ug
thc prohaiihtv IT THE beneficiary death
unuu appftratton At either lartN with
.iI,c nntlgc IL tho other. # It appears that
e,lrh communication VII le Tor tho host
interest ~ tho eu,plo,c ~ The dcpcndante
II the deceased emrlu,c ~ that It Will
avaI.i ,rndne expense ar undue harishlp
~ o,tIrr r4rt, i'll that such on,plo1.
i, aenonaent ba- ,omnvpd ~ i about
IT, remove from tho United states. -
tlat tbr omplays1 ha- sold 81 otherwise
disposed II RI, whole HI the greater part
III ill., htt~tne-4 ~ te-et-
MN f,a>lpc -ttgh arnount the om
,,l.s,or -hajI H. .ii-.l. arroi ir,,rp an iJthcr
fthll;1 I'll a.,,fut NJ th, nlur, - doatl
communication zl4I n.t ~ allowed lor
she ui,f,a-,. At enabling the injured ON
r,lpy, .,r th. 4cI, udeut- III dcceasei
efaplo&e rs sat4st1 + icht other than
mortgage pirnn b~ or thcir home ~
hailSch1ld furniture created before the
accident
The anplicaut testified that he Viii
hc able to start in work iu about Veck
that hc desires 10 purchase a home III
live in for about twelve hundred dollar
that he has vito amt three children.
a girl - eighteen. AMI two BOYS orn -aN
and the other three wears Old also that
he and his VIE have together about one
Thousand dollars
II docs not appear to Tins board that
communication world make for the best
interest 1T this applicant or that amy
undue expense ~ hardship VIII tall on
either party hv the payment Of tho sum
agreed upOu ~ vceklv inetailmout~
On the other hand tins board believes that
the payment n compensation ~ WechlN
lnstalmentS = She pniY safe way tn
insure 10 tho applicant and to those
dependent upon hHn the full benefit OF
tho amount fo tr paId
Ihr board therefore refuses 10 grant
this application foI communication
y ma5fcT 81 general information.
the Industrial accident Board desires
to- state that IN cases whore compensation
IS ~ be paId tnr fixed and dCtcrmnatc
period 81 frequently occurs that appli
cation l. made tor jrmp sum payment
Il Is the settled po3ic1 81 this board thar
sueh application VIII not be tavorably
considered, unless there Is some special
reason ioT So dolng
Communication Is departure from tho