Lentz v. Mumy Well Service

On the 8th of August, 1949, plaintiff was employed by the defendant'Mumy Well Service as a derrick man. In the course of his employment he sustained an accidental injury which resulted in the loss of the 4 fingers of his left hand, which were severed at the metacarpophalangeal joints. He was paid compensation at the. statutory rate for the loss ■of the fingers.' On February 20,1951, he made applicátion to the workmen’s compensation commission for hearing and adjustment of claim, on the basis of 'the' industrial loss''of use of the hand. .Defendants filed answer to the application, denying the…