Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-17
ACCIDENT BOARD
GIVES DECISIONS
One Case Was Pulling Because
Victim Had Been Injured
in Army Service.

The Delaware Industrial Accident
Board met in Wilmington today and
rendered decisions in the cases of Isaac
Schutt VS.. the Pusey & Jones Co, James
A. Longer VS.. the James Bradford CO.,
Steve Orio VS. the Pusey 4 Jones Co. and
Alexandra Jozefowicz, Administrative OF
Teofl Lopaczewski, VS.. the Electric
Hose and Rubber Co.
Isaac Schutt was injured September
8, 1910 by falling from a soaffold in the
shipyard of the Pusey Il Jones Co.. and
an agreement was made that he should be
compensated at the rate of S12.76 per
week. On January Is, 1920 new agree
mcnt was made, setting forth that total
disability had become partial disability
on December %, 1919, that his earning
power was S24.25 per week, that he
should be compensated at the rate Of
6i cents per week and that the Pusey &
Jones Co. should give him light job at
S24.25 per week .sSchutt refused TO 90 TO
work and petitioned the board to review
the second agreement and made new
award. 1t appeared that Schutt sustained
injury TO the shoulder while in the military
service, and the board had much difficulty
in determining the extent Of his disability
and what part of il should be ascribed TO
had been in a reconstruction camp and
military hospital led the board to believe
that the major portion of the disability
was not the result of industrial accident.
The board, however, made an awar Of
81 26 per week for 235 weeks, beginning
August II, and ordered that the agree
ment Of January Is be of no effect after
that date.
James A. Longer, An employee of the
James Bradford CO., claimed that his
back was broken while attempting to lift
heavy carboy of acid January 26, 1910.
The company contended that the displac
ed vertebrm resulted from tuberculosis
or Potts disease and also that Longer did
not give written notice of the accident.
The board held (1) that there WAS no evil
dence that the disease existed at the time
of the injury; (2) that if an industrial
accident brings into activity pre-existing
latent disease the employe is entitled to
compensation because there is 10 stand
ard of fitness to which an employe should
conform; 60 that Longer's foreman had
knowledge of the injury and that this
knowledge could be imputed to the en-
ployer, and a. that where the employer
has actual knowledge written notice is un-
necessary The board awarded compensa-
NlOil 10 l<uNktl ~ tic fdte VI $iO pei WSch
for AIS weeks, beginning January 20.
1920, and that the compensation due to
date be paid forthwith and the balance
weekly.
1t appeared that Steve Orio's right leg
was broken and the right side of his
body bruised in an accident on March
81, 1919, while he was In the employ
of the Pusey d Jones Co. On April 4,
1919, an agreement was made by the
parties and approved by the board that
Orio should get Sl3.64 per week The
employer paid Orio for % weeks and then
stopped making payments, and Orio
brought the case before the board for
review The board decided that Orio was
partially disabled, but that he has earning
of $50 per week and awarded
him $27 .54 per week up to June "a, 1920,
and directed that the parties enter into
a new agreement for compensation after
that date and if they could not agree to
bring the case before the board again
In the case of Alexandra Jozefowicz,
of Teofl Lopaczewski, vs.
the Electric Hose and Rubber Co. the
board suggested that the widow and other
dependents file claims.
The board denied William ]. Miller's
request that his compensation be paid in
lump sum. Miller did not give satisfac-
tory reasons.