Reese ex rel. Reese v. Armour & Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one for compensation for an injury to plaintiff’s right hand, received while she was operating a mangle in defendant’s plant, and resulting in permanent partial disability.

In describing the condition of plaintiff’s hand, a physician said the injury would permanently affect the doing of “nice work,” and another physician said coarse movements of her hand could be accomplished in the ordinary way, but for “fine work” her hand is permanently injured. The court instructed the jury as follows:

“Partial incapacity means an incapacity…