Zurich General Accident & Liability Insurance v. Industrial Commission

Joseph Setnicky filed with the Industrial Commission his amended application for compensation from the Universal Projector and Machine Company and the Zurich General Accident and Liability Insurance Company, Limited. He charged in his application that while operating a punch-press for the machine company the thumb and index finger of his left hand were cut off. The arbitrator awarded him $14 per week for twelve weeks, the period of temporary total incapacity for work, and a like sum weekly for ninety-five weeks for the reason that the applicant suffered the total loss of the use of the thumb…