La Rue v. Ashton Company

STEVENS, Chief Judge.

The answer to the problem presented to the Court in this matter is found in the proper definition of the leg of the human being in relation to industrial compensation. Unfortunately, the anatomical definition and the legal definition are not identical.

Mr. La Rue sustained a compensable industrial injury when he broke his left femur a short distance helow the ball which fits into the hip socket. This was the only injury. There was no injury to the socket or to the pelvis. He was granted compensation for “a scheduled injury” artd in the matter now before us he urges that he…