Quinones v. MBPXL CORP.

Abbott, J.:

The claimant, Hector Quinones, appeals from a judgment in a workers’ compensation case which held that the loss of sensation in his left lower extremity is not compensable under the Workmen’s Compensation Act.

The dispositive facts are simple and are largely undisputed. Claimant’s right arm was caught by two meat hooks and pulled into a machine, causing injuries that are not in question on appeal. In an attempt to restore maximum use and an ability to feel in the injured hand and arm, a nerve was transplanted from claimant’s left leg.

As a result of the nerve’s being removed,…