Nelson v. Meeker Foundry Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Proctor, J.

Bespondent Meeker Foundry Company appealed from a judgment of the Essex County Court which determined that petitioner is entitled to receive workmen’s compensation for 100% loss of his left hand without any deduction for payments previously made to him by respondent for a prior injury to the same hand. The appeal was certified by this court on its own motion before argument in the Appellate Division.

The petitioner, Axel Nelson, has been employed as a maintenance man by the respondent for more than 25 years. On June 20, 1956 the petitioner…