Lindsay v. Glennie Industries, Inc.

This is an appeal on leave granted from an order of the Court of Appeals denying leave to appeal from a decision of the workmen’s compensation appeal board. The board’s decision affirmed a referee’s holding that plaintiff-appellant did not incur the specific loss of an eye within the meaning of part 2, § 10, as last amended by PA 1956, No 195 (CLS 1961, § 412.10 [Stat Ann 1963 Cum Supp § 17.160]), which provided:

“For the loss of an eye, 66-2/3% of average weekly wages during 162 weeks; for the purpose of this act 80% loss of vision of 1 eye shall constitute the total loss of that eye.”

The…