Morley's Case

The principal issues in the insurer’s appeal are similar to those in Boynton’s Case, ante, 145. The employee, in addition to total incapacity compensation, has been receiving specific compensation for a hand injury under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 152, § 36 (q), 1 as appearing in St. 1949, c. 519, by a decree of the Superior Court, which is not in dispute. The full Industrial Accident Board, to which the questions were referred by the reviewing board, awarded, in addition, specific compensation for disfigurement and for loss of function of the hand under (h) and (i) respectively.

In the report of the…