Ringhouse v. Department of Labor & Industries

On January 23, 1965, the claimant, Kenneth R. Ringhouse, sustained an industrial injury to his left little finger which resulted in amputation of the distal joint- and the distal half of the second phalanx. In 1937, 28 years-*815earlier, the claimant had lost his left thumb, index, middle, and ring fingers in a nonindustrial accident. For the 1965 injury to the left little finger, the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals awarded the claimant 75 per cent of the remaining amputation value of the left minor hand at the wrist, plus an amount equivalent to the amputation value of one-half of the…