Claim of Baron v. National Metal Spinning & Stamping Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, National Metal Spinning and Stamping Company and another, from an award of the State Industrial Commission, entered in the office of said Commission on the 17th day of September, 1917
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon, J.:
The question presented by this appeal is whether the claimant was entitled to be awarded compensation for the loss of an entire thumb, or for the loss of only one-half a thumb.
In March, 1917, the claimant while engaged in feeding metal into a power press at the plant of his employer, a manufacturer of brass goods in the city of New York, had his thumb accidentally caught in the press and the end of it crushed. The State Industrial Commission made an award of compensation for the loss of the entire thumb. The appellants claim that the award should have been limited to an award for the…
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