Pye v. Insurance Co. of North America

Banke, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case, involving the construction of Code Ann. § 114-406 (f) (as amended through Ga. L. 1974, pp. 1143, 1145), which provides as follows: "Loss of the first phalange of the thumb or any finger shall be considered to be equal to the loss of one-half of the thumb or finger, and the compensation shall be for one-half of the periods of time above specified.” We are called upon to decide how great a portion of the first phalange must be lost to constitute loss of the first phalange within the meaning of the statute.

The appellant lost slightly less than…