CLIFFORD R. KARCH, Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.
Case summary
Claimant, a National Guard member, was injured in a bus-fire accident. The court found no permanent disability but awarded him compensation for 10 days of lost work based on his usual wages.
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Headnotes
- PERSONAL INJURY.-member of Illinois National Guard-when award may be made. This claim arose out of occurrence for which claim was filed and award made in case of Carr vs. State, No. 2049, ante, and is governed by opinion therein.
Clifford R. Karch was a member of the Howitzer Co. 130th Inf. I. N. G. and was in the military bus-fire accident that occurred near Pana, Illinois on July 26, 1933.
Claimant testified that both ears and both hands were burned in the bus-fire, his hip was bruised and the hair was burned off the back of his head. In his claim he stated he had lost two weeks work at $30.00 per week.
A Military Medical Board examined claimant at Camp Grant, on August 8, 1934 and found that he suffered no permanent disability. Claimant stated in the record that he agreed with this finding.
Private Karch was employed by the Mt. Vernon Furnace Mfg. Co. and was paid approximately Forty Cents (40c) an hour. On the basis of a nine-hour, six-day a week job his wages would have been $21.60 per week.
The record further discloses that Private Karch received the burns on his hands in tearing the burning clothes off Private Harper. The latter, as is indicated in other claims filed in connection with this same accident, died as a result [*176] of the burns he received. While no permanent disability exists in this case, claimant was incapacitated from active labor for approximately 10 days and an award is hereby made in line with the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act, in his favor on the basis of his usual wages over a ten day period in the sum of Sixteen and 20/100 Dollars ($16.20).