Tew v. Hillsdale Tool & Manufacturing Co.

Plaintiff appeals by leave granted from the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board’s affirmance of a hearing officer’s decision denying plaintiff specific loss benefits for loss of industrial use of his right foot. MCL 418.361(2)(j); MSA 17.237(361)(2)(j). We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

In February, 1968, plaintiff’s right foot was caught in a conveyor. He received loss benefits for amputation of his great toe. The absence of the toe and a loss of bone and tissue from the second toe combined to increase the strain on the remainder of the foot. In the present proceedings, plaintiff…