Hansel v. Chrysler Corp.

Plaintiff appeals, on leave granted, from a decision and order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board reversing that part of a hearing referee’s award of compensation for continuing disability.

Plaintiff was employed on an engine assembly line in one of defendant’s automobile plants. In December, 1967, plaintiff suffered an injury to his right hand when an engine fell from the line. Plaintiff experienced swelling, pain and numbness in his hand which required hospitalization and surgery on three separate occasions over the course of the following year. Between these hospital stays,…