Godwin v. Morgan Lumber Co.

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

In this worker’s compensation case the only issue presented is whether or not the evidence supports the action of the trial court in awarding benefits for permanent loss of use of the employee’s left hand. The employer contends that the award should have been limited to two fingers of the left hand rather than to the hand as a whole. We find supporting evidence in the record and affirm the decree of the trial court.

In an accident with a saw, the employee suffered the amputation of his index finger where it joins the hand and the amputation of his long finger at the…