Millers' Indemnity Underwriters v. Huffaker

(after stating the facts as above).

Appellant asserts that the loss of the fingers and a part of the palm of the hand, leaving the thumb and about one-half of the palm -next to the thumb not injured or affected, does not amount to the total loss of the use of the hand, and the injury would fall under the schedule of compensation for the specific injuries to the fingers and metacarpal bones provided for in the Employers’ Liability Act (article 5246—21, pt. 1). The injury suffered by the employee was as is described above. There is no evidence from a vocational point of view that the extent of…