Hyman v. Department of Labor & Industries

Plaintiff filed a claim with the department of labor and industries as a result of a piece of wire being accidentally thrust into his left eye, which resulted in industrial blindness of that eye. The claim was closed by the supervisor after medical and hospital treatment had been furnished and the department had awarded one hundred per cent for loss of vision of the left eye. Plaintiff was dissatisfied and filed before the joint board of the department an application for rehearing and reopening, contending that, in addition to the loss of the sight of the left eye, he had suffered unspecified…