Legal Opinion
Castro v. United Container MacHinery Group, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 28, 2001PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ciparick, J.
Workers’ Compensation Law § 11 lists specific injuries, including “loss of multiple fingers,” that qualify as grave injury. At issue here is whether loss of multiple fingertips constitutes grave injury for purposes of the section. We conclude that it does not.
On September 17, 1996, Marvin Castro lost five fingertips (two from his right hand, three from his left) in an accident involving a die cutting machine. The injury left the distal, or outermost, joints of the fingers intact. Castro sued the manufacturer of the machine, United Container Machinery Group.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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