Claim of Wason v. Pratt

In this case the employer and its insurance carrier have appealed from a decision and award made to claimant by the Workmen’s Compensation Board. The award covers 265% weeks’ compensation for an 85% loss of the use of the left arm, which is a schedule loss (Workmen’s. Compensation Law, § 15, subd. 3).

Claimant suffered an accidental injury on September 26, 1945, which necessitated an amputation of his left forearm seven inches below the tip of the olecranon process. The board has found that this resulted in an 85% permanent loss of the use of his left arm.

On November 30, 1941, the claimant,…