Laverick v. H. B. Underwood Corp.

Lamberton, J.,

— William Laverick was employed by defendant, H. B. Underwood Corporation, as a carpenter, at an average weekly wage of twenty-four dollars. On July 28,1930, in the course of his employment, claimant’s left hand was caught in a wood-planer, necessitating the amputation of four fingers of his left hand. The index finger and the little finger were amputated at the proximal joint; the middle finger and the ring finger were amputated at a point between the knuckle and the proximal joint. There was no injury to the thumb or to the palm of the hand.

Claimant filed a petition for…