Kilgour v. Remington-Rand, Inc.

Plaintiff, while in defendant’s employ operating a punch press, received an injury to his right hand which resulted in the amputation of the distal phalanges of the second and third fingers of his right hand, a laceration of the index finger and little finger, and loss of the tip of the little finger. A settlement agreement was entered into awarding the plaintiff $14.40 during a disability period of 25 weeks. This was the statutory compensation for plaintiff’s injury to his second and third fingers. Section 5440, 2 Comp. Laws 1915, as amended by Act No. 63, Pub. Acts 1927. When the final…