Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Friar

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

James Friar, appellee herein, is a common laborer with a background of steady employment until October 29, 1963, when his right hand was mutilated in a saw-type apparatus while employed by appellant, Southern Cotton Oil Company. It subsequently became necessary that the hand be amputated, and this was done on May 30, 1964. The company paid appellee’s medical and hospital expenses, paid for his prosthesis, and 40 weeks’ compensation during the healing period. Thereafter, Friar applied to the commission for the payment of a total of 150 weeks of compensation in…