Olmstead v. Lamphier
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by the defendant from a finding and award of the Compensation Commissioner for the fifth district in favor of the plaintiff, including therein the cost of an artificial leg and also compensation for an injury to the plaintiff’s shoulder in addition to that awarded for the loss of his leg, taken to and reserved by the Superior Court in Litchfield County, Reed, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, for the advice of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
On September 26th, 1916, the plaintiff suffered the injuries described below by being thrown from a horse. His left leg was so lacerated that it had to be amputated above the knee. His shoulder was so injured as to cause a partial incapacity equal to one half total incapacity from the date of the injury to the time of the hearing, May 9th, 1917, and it continued thereafter. The Commissioner included in his award compensation at the rate of $7.50 a week for 182 weeks, credit to be taken for payments already made; also $3.75 a week for the partial incapacity resulting from an injury to the…
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