Court Opinion

ID: 9444631
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 21:07:07.853497+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:29:56.559892
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HUTCHESON, Chief Judge
(dissenting).
Under the liberal provisions of Section 922, Title 33 U.S.C.A. “Modification of awards”, and the equally liberal construction given to it by the courts, there is no finality to an award of the kind under review here, and the affirmance or reversal of the judgment will not and cannot finally determine the total amount of compensation to be paid to appellant. Because this is so, the question we are called upon to determine is not whether time will show that the findings and award as to plaintiff’s condition represent a correct assessment not only of his condition at the time the award was made but for the future, and we may not disturb the judgment unless we are in a position to say that the evidence was insufficient to support the findings that the condition was at that time as found by the commissioner. With this in mind and also in mind that the commissioner may, indeed must, if conditions change, reconsider and again modify his award, I do not see how we can, under the controlling rule of law which the majority opinion correctly sets out, upon this record, set aside the finding and award of the commissioner.
I, therefore, respectfully dissent.