Tibbals Flooring Co. v. Brewster

This is an appeal in a Workmen’s Compensation case from a judgment of the Circuit Court in which the award was for total and permanent disability.

The employee, James Brewster, was employed as a laborer by the appellant, operating a power saw which cut out defects from certain grades -of lumber, and while thus employed his arm came in contact with the power saw which resulted in severing the radius (bone in the upper arm), also severing certain nerves in the arm. The trial judge found that the accident “about entirely severed the arm”. There can be no doubt but that it was a very serious…