Strausser v. Thumb Auto Parts

This is a workers’ compensation case. A magistrate found that plaintiff sustained an injury arising out of and in the course of his employment that resulted in a continuing disability entitling him to an open award of benefits. The magistrate also ordered defendants to furnish plaintiff with a prosthesis that would enable him to return to work and to function as nearly as possible as he did before his injury.

At the hearing of this matter defendant Thumb Auto Parts, Inc., contested numerous issues, including whether plaintiff was its employee, whether plaintiff’s injury arose out of and in the…