Western Condensing Co. v. Industrial Commission

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The only point at issue is the method of computing the appli cant’s compensation for partial permanent disability. The injuries and the extent thereof are stipulated. The injuries were to the index, middle, ring, and little fingers of the right hand, all of which were injured. The injuries occurred in 1938, so that the 1937 statutes apply. The citations herein are all to those statutes.

Partial permanent disabilities are classified by the statutes as major and minor. Secs. 102.52, 102.54, Stats. Injuries to the fingers are in the minor class. Sec. 102.54.…