Davis v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

This is an appeal from an order sustaining- the demurrer and dismissing a petition for Workmen’s Compensation benefits to a minor for loss of 75% of his left hand by amputation.

The plaintiff, Preston Davis, Jr., a minor, 17 years of age, sustained the loss of 75% of his left hand as result of an accident that arose out of and in the course of his employment. The appellee, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, was the employer’s insurer and paid compensation at $30 per week for eleven weeks temporary total disability, and declined to pay permanent partial disability for the loss of a…