Legal Opinion
Matter of Rounds v. Davis Furniture Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 19, 1929PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
A very perplexing question has arisen in this case due to the uncertainty in the application of subdivision 3(q) and 3(s) of section 15 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 67). Can an award be made for the proportionate loss of the use of a hand under subdivision 3(q) where the injury is the loss of the distal joint of the second finger and the stiffening of the joints and partial loss of the use of the index finger of the left hand?
On February 7, 1927, an award was made to the claimant for 50 per cent loss of the use of the left second finger, amounting in all to 15 weeks’…
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- Gross v. Hudson Reade Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926
- Claim of Neigel v. Consolidated Can Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927
- Hassfurter v. GarrisonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
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- Claim of Ksiuk v. Penn Silk Mills Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1932