Budd v. Nichols Construction Co.

ELLIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding plaintiff workmen’s compensation benefits for having been permanently and totally disabled in the course and scope of his employment.

Plaintiff was injured on November 18, 1963, when a heavy section of pipe fell and crushed his left index finger. At that time, he was employed as a welder. Following the injury, he underwent extensive treatment and had two operations on the finger, as a result of which the distal and second joints thereof were fused with the finger bent at an angle of approximately 45 degrees. Plaintiff retained the full…