Court Opinion

ID: 9847497
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:00:53.439171+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:17:17.620393
License: Public Domain

COMPTON, Justice (dissenting). The majority opinion forever bars recovery to an injured workman on technical grounds. In this instance, it shifts the burden from industry itself to the injured workman. Just where does the statute make provision for a second notice for the same injury? The purpose of notice, obviously, is to give the employer an opportunity to investigate the claimed injury and in this instance that was done and compensation paid for a time. What further purpose could a second notice serve? The finding of the jury is amply sustained. When appellee was discharged, he had not fully recovered from the injury, the full extent of which could have been determined by the company at any time prior to discharging him, but it did nothing, electing to rely upon the bald statement of the injured workman as to his recovery. What workman supporting a family, as appellee was, would not forego compensation for wages ? The Company had actual knowledge of' the injury suffered by appéllee, paid co'm-:' pensation therefor for a time, and also sup-' plied his medical services. The payment" of compensation under such circumstances; or wages in lieu thereof, was sufficient' t'b"invoke the continuing jurisdiction of th'e'" court until a final disposition of the casé" is made, and waives any further notice of' the injury. Consequently, when the' action" was brought, appellant was in default and' the action was not premature. Sinclair Prairie Oil Co. v. Smith, 168 Okl. 483, 34 P.2d 248; Oklahoma Natural Gas Corp. v. Craig, 193 Okl. 56, 139 P.2d 181, 141 P.2d 99; Colonial Insurance Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission, 60 Cal.App.2d 9, 140 P.2d 442; Gilson’s Case, 254 Mass. 460, 150 N.E. 183; Continental Roll & Steel Foundry Co. v. Slocum, 111 Ind.App. 438, 41 N.E.2d 635; Royal Indemnity Co. v. Industrial Commission, 88 Colo. 113, 293 P. 342. The majority having reached a different conclusion, I dissent.