Sneed v. Colson Corp.

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which Mack Sneed, the injured workman, was awarded compensation benefits by the Workmen’s Compensation Commission. The circuit court reversed the Commission and the claimant Sneed is the appellant here.

The facts appear as follows: The appellant Sneed was 42 years of age and had been employed as a punch press operator by the respondent-appellee-employer for a period of six years, when on November 19, 1970, he sustained an injury to his right hand when two of his fingers were caught in the punch press. The initial injury resulted…