Shumate v. American Stamping Company

Defendants appeal from an order of the workmen’s compensation appeal board awarding compensation for specific loss of a hand.

May 8, 1953, plaintiff was injured while operating a “Sherman press” when a spindle slipped and a roll of steel struck plaintiff on the left wrist, inflicting a deep laceration on the underside of the forearm. Plaintiff received medical treatment, which included surgery on his left hand, and received total compensation from the date of injury to August 23, 1954, and partial disability at various rates until April 2, 1955. He then returned to work for defendant American…