Choctaw Portland Cement Co. v. Lamb

Citations

• 189 P. 750
• 79 Okla. 109
• 1920 OK 130
• 1920 Okla. LEXIS 36

Syllabus

<p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p> <p>1. Master and Servant — Workmen’s Compensation-State Industrial Commission —Continuing' Jurisdiction..</p> <p>The power and jurisdiction of the State Industrial Commission under the Workmen’s Compensation Law (chapter 246, Sess. Laws 1915) ■ over each case submitted to it are continuing, and the commission may, from time to time, make such modification or change of its former findings or orders relating thereto as, in its opinion, may be just, and under section 12, art. 2, of said act the commission may at any time, upon its own motion or upon the application of any party in interest, on the ground of a change in conditions, review any award, and, on such review, may make an award ending, diminishing, or increasing the compensation previously awarded, subject to the maximum or minimum provided in the act.</p> <p>2. Appeal and Error — Scope of Review— Decisions of Industrial Commission.</p> <p>The decision of the commission is final as to all questions of fact, and this court is not authorized to weigh the evidence upon which any finding of fact is based.</p> <p>3. Master and Servant — Workmen’s Compensation — Loss of Arm.</p> <p>Where an injury inflicted upon an employe caused the loss of the use of the entire arm, it is equivalent to the loss of the arm, and the claimant is entitled to the compensation provided' by the act for the. loss of an arm, although the amputation of the arm was between the elbow and the wrist.</p> <p>4. Same — Claim for Injuries — Time for Application.</p> <p>Where an employe files an application for compensation, on account of an injury to his hand, withm a year after receiving said injury, as provided by section 17, art. 2, of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, but at the time of making such application the extent of the injury was not appreciated and it did not then appear that claimant would lose'the use of h’s arm as a result thereof, under the. continuing power and jurisdiction of the commission, as con