Vince v. Allegheny Pittsburgh Coal Co.

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

In this workmen’s compensation case the claimant on September 18, 1939, while coupling cars sustained an accidental injury which made necessary an 'amputation of a part of the distal phalanx of the left thumb. He returned to work on September 29, 1939, but refused to execute a final receipt for compensation payable under an agreement providing for total disability. Defendant petitioned to terminate the agreement. The claimant filed an answer stating he was entitled to compensation for the specific loss of one-half of his thumb under section 306(c) of the Workmen's…