Hood v. American Refrigerator Transit Co.

Citations

• 106 Kan. 76
• 186 P. 977
• 1920 Kan. LEXIS 456

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Workmen’s Compensation Act — Partial Incapacity — Minimum Compensation. In an action by a workman to 'recover compensation under the Laws of 19X1, ch. 218; Laws of 1913, ch. 216, where there was evidence tending to show that as a result of the injury plaintiff was less able to perform his work as a car repairer, and the jury made a finding that he was partially incapacitated, and awarded' him the minimum compensation of $3 a week for the period which they found his partial incapacity would probably continue, held, the defendant was not entitled to judgment on the special findings, although the findings show that within a few months after plaintiff received his injury he obtained employment elsewhere in the same kind of work, and had been earning almost double the amount of his average earnings at the time of his injury.</p>