General Motors Corp. v. Vaccarini

Terry, J.:

The Industrial Accident Board on the 10th day of May, 1951, rendered an award containing a finding of fact that on February 17, 1951, James C. Vaccarini, employee, appellee, suffered an accidental injury while engaged in the regular course of his employment by General Motors Corporation, employer, appellant. The Board further found that the injury was caused by the lodging of a piece of metal in the appellee’s right eye, together with a subsequent infection of the resulting lesion.

The injury to the appellee’s eye resulted in a permanent loss of thirty-five per centum (35%) of the…