Beyer v. Department of Labor & Industries

The principal question presented by this appeal is, what is the proper award for the enucleation of an eye which had become totally blind prior to the enucleation, and the injury which required it.

In 1935, the respondent, Beyer, while working for a pulp company, received a traumatic injury, resulting in the complete loss of sight of his right eye. For some reason, no claim was made under the workmen’s com pensation act, and he has never received compensation for that injury. In July, 1941, he received an injury to the same eye, while employed in a woodworking plant, and, the eye not…