Hakala v. Burroughs Corp.

I concur in part I of the memorandum opinion but dissent as to part II.

In 1962, Edward Hakala suffered a compensable injury while working for Burroughs Corporation. He suffered the loss of his right hand and portions of the first and second fingers of his left hand. Burroughs Corporation voluntarily paid workmen’s compensation benefits for these specific losses.

In 1968, Hakala filed for second injury benefits (§ 8a of part II of the act) claiming that when he suffered the compensable injury resulting in loss of a hand he had a "permanent disability in the form of the loss of a[n] * * * eye.”1

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