Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. of Tennessee v. Underwood

This is an appeal in a workmen’s compensation case by the employer, Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of *277Tennessee, Inc., from an award made to the employee, Lester H. Underwood.

On April 12, 1966, the employee injured the second finger of his right hand when a piece of metal penetrated the proximal or first joint of his finger. This metal was excised leaving the finger stiff and useless. The trial court found the injury to the finger impeded the use of the hand, since the injury left the finger in a permanent condition of being crooked, stiff or frozen. Under this finding the trial judge awarded…