Spurlock v. American Automobile Insurance

JANVIER, Judge.

On June 7, 1955, plaintiff, an employee of R. P. Farnsworth and Company, Inc., general contractors, sustained injury which ultimately made it necessary that two phalanges of his left little finger and two phalanges of his ring finger be amputated. Maximum compensation for 42 weeks and medical expenses, amounting to $1,021.92, were paid by American Automobile Insurance Company, the compensation insurance carrier of the employer and the compensation payments were then discontinued since the insurer, on medical advice, felt that the employee could return to his former employment.…