Lewis v. City of Detroit

This case comes to this Court on appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board affirming the referee’s decision that plaintiff is partially disabled but has not sustained "loss of industrial use” of his left hand.

Plaintiff was employed as a tree artisan by the City of Detroit, Parks and Recreation Department, Forestry Division. Briefly, the job requires the handling of heavy equipment in the repair, planting, removal and trimming of trees. While feeding brush into a "clipper” during the course of his employment on July 28, 1969, the plaintiff suffered a serious injury.…