Gruttaduria v. Imperial Metal Manufacturing Co.

The claimant cut his arm on a power saw in the course of his employment. The only question presented is whether the Board should have made a schedule award, or an award under paragraph v of subdivision 3 of section 15 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. While the evidence indicates that the claimant suffered an injury to the median nerve of the arm, a partial anaesthesia of the hand, circulatory disturbance, and absence of a radial pulse, there is no proof in the record to show that any of these injuries or defects extended beyond the hand or the arm. There is not even competent proof that the…