Claim of Mastropolo v. City of New York

Appeal from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Claimant suffered frostbite of his fingers while working as a chauffeur in snow removal for the City of New York on December 30, 1947. As a result of this exposure there is medical opinion that he underwent a vasomotor disturbance of his hands which caused a partial disability. The only medical proof of the extent of this disability is that claimant should not work exposed to temperatures below freezing. All the medical proof is that he can work safely in temperatures above freezing. The board found that claimant’s earning…