Paterson v. Wisener

This action is under the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Laws 1919, p. 206), and the appeal is by the defendant employer from a judgment awarding compensation to the injured workman.

The plaintiff had been totally blind in his left eye since childhood, and while working for the defendant suffered an accident causing the practically total loss of sight in the remaining eye, and resulting in permanent total incapacity.

The trial court held that the case is governed by the Code § 7551 (e) 1%, which declares:

“If an employee has previously lost the sight of one eye or lost one leg or lost one arm, and…