Halks v. Rust Engineering Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1946
Citation profile
15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently February 2012
15 state decisions
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“[Halks’s] claim in the instant case included not only compensation for temporary total disability, but also for any permanent disability or disfigurement. This claim has never reached a final hearing. There has been only an agreement as to compensation for temporary total disability. Neither permanent disability nor disfigurement has ever been considered. ... [W]e do not think the right of a claimant to further compensation can be adjudicated without notice to him and an opportunity afforded for a hearing, if he desires to contest the issue. ... “A Claim for compensation lawfully constituted and pending before the commission may not be dismissed without a hearing and without some proper form of final adjudication. No statute of limitations runs against a litigant while his case is pending in court.” ... [C]ases before the Industrial Commission “should be disposed of by some award, order, or judgment final in its effect, terminating the litigation.” We conclude that [Halks’s] claim for compensation was still pending before the Industrial Commission when it made the award in question. Viewing the matter in this light, we think it is clear that Section 46 is not applicable. [Halks] is not seeking to increase or modify a previous award on the ground of a change in condition, but is asking for a final determination of his original claim____ The situation is analogous to that of a case pending in court which is allowed to remain on the calendar for a long period of time without eit”
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