White v. Chrysler Corp.

Gary Buschlen lost a .hand, and one of Fannie White’s hands was seriously injured, while they were operating power presses for an outsource contractor employed to produce automobile parts by the Ford Motor Company, in Buschlen, and the Chrysler Corporation, in White. The outsource contractors, or their workers’ compensation liability insurers, paid Buschlen’s and White’s medical expenses. The statute provides that workers’ compensation benefits shall be paid for 215 weeks for the loss of a hand, and Buschlen received approximately $15,000. White, whose injury occurred after the statute was…