Rye v. Chevrolet Motor Co.

This is a claim for an award under the workmen’s compensation act. An award of $1,400 was made by the department of labor and industry for the loss of an eye, and defendant reviews the same by certiorari in this court.

Plaintiff, 35 years of age, was employed as a foreman in defendant’s manufacturing plant. While attempting to separate two of his men, who were fight ing, plaintiff was struck and injured in the left eye. This resulted in a hemorrhage of the eye ball. Three days later the eye ball was removed. Plaintiff, as a result of the operation, was in the hospital for a time, and at the…