Kinzie v. General Tire & Rubber Co.

The question presented by this appeal is whether appellant is entitled to recover Workmen’s Compensation for the total permanent loss of the sight of an eye as a result of an accidental injury in which he had only 20/400 vision immediately prior to the injury. The full board denied recovery. From that decision appellant prosecuted this appeal.

The only controversy existing is the board’s conclusions of law based upon the facts as it found them. The board found that appellant lost his left eye as the result of an accident ón May 11, 1953 in the course of his employment at appellee’s plant, but…