Reno v. Holmes

The plaintiff received an industrial accident necessitating the amputation of his left leg about five and one-half inches below the knee joint. By agreement he was paid compensation for the loss of a foot, 125 weeks. This proceeding was instituted to recover further compensation for an additional period of 50 weeks upon the claim that he had lost a leg within the meaning of the workmen’s compensation act. We will first take up some of defendants’ contentions. The facts are not in dispute, and we can not accede to defendants’ claim that the determination of the department of labor and industry…