Koerner v. State

On April 3, 1947, the claimant, Gilbert E. Koerner, an employee of the respondent in the Department of Public Works and Buildings, Division of Highways, while guiding a piece of lumber into. a power-driven jointer, caught the distal phalanx of his third middle finger in the revolving blade. Immediately following the accident, Dr. David J. Lewis of Springfield, Illinois, rendered first aid and amputated a portion of the distal phalanx of the injured finger. Claimant returned to limited duties the day following the injury and continued to work throughout the period of his convalescence.

At the…