Claim of Sugg v. Erie Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Erie Railroad Company, from an award of the State Industrial Commission, entered in the office of said Commission on the 25th day of October, 1916.
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.:
The claimant was injured January 14, 1916. The finding of the Commission is that “ the index finger of the right hand became ankylosed, and Sugg has permanently lost the use of that finger.” Compensation has been awarded at the rate of sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of the average weekly wages of the claimant for a period of forty-six weeks “ for the equivalent of the loss of the index finger of his right hand.” Although the record is not very satisfactory, the finding that the claimant has permanently lost the use of his finger probably finds support therein. But for the…
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