Pater v. Superior Steel Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 76, Oct. T., 1918, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1917, No. 2114, sustaining an award of compensation in case of Elmer Pater v. Superior Steel Company, a corporation. Appeal from order of Workmen’s Compensation Board affirming award of referee. Before Haymaker, J. Error assigned was the affirmance of the award of the compensation board.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Brown,
The right arm of Elmer Pater, an employee of the Superior Steel Company, was caught in one of its rolls and badly crushed. Amputation followed, about an inch or three-fourths of an inch below the elbow. The referee found that “on account of the amputation of the forearm so near the elbow' joint and from the restricted motion of the elbow due to infection and interference with the muscles that move the joint the claimant has lost the permanent use of the right arm for all practical purposes.” Under this finding he was awarded compensation for two hundred and…
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