Raffaghelle v. Russell

Citations

• 103 Kan. 849
• 176 P. 640
• 1918 Kan. LEXIS 401

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Compensation Act — Injuries—Partial Disability — Right to Compensation. ' A workman who is injured in the course of his employment is not to be denied compensation for .such injury and consequent diminished earning capacity merely because his injury was not so serious as to totally disable him from labor for the first two weeks immediately succeeding the accident. v</p> <p>2. Same. An injured workman who only in pain and distress and with the friendly help of his fellow workmen can earn as much as he did (>efore his injury, may maintain an action against his employer for permanent partial incapacity under the workmen’s compensation act.</p> <p>3. Same — Lump-sum Judgment) — No Material Error. Error assigned on abuse of discretion in an award of a lump-sum judgment instead of periodical and terminable payments to an injured workman, examined, and not sustained.</p>