Chicago, Wilmington & Franklin Coal Co. v. Industrial Commission

Pete Sarapin suffered an accidental injury on March 1, 1944, arising out of and in the course of his employment. The only question presented by his application for adjustment of compensation with the Industrial Commission was the nature and extent of the injury. An arbitrator found that he had sustained a one hundred per cent permanent loss of use, by amputation, of the first, or index, finger of the right hand and awarded the maximum amount of compensation, conformably to section 8(e) 7 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1947, chap. 48, par. 145.) On review, the Industrial…