Barnes v. State Compensation Commissioner

Kenna, Judge:

Claimant was injured in the course of his employment for the McKell Coal & Coke Company on August 10, 1929. He received a fracture of the left leg above the ankle and a fracture of the right leg below the knee. Without attempting to repeat the surgical terminology descriptive of claimant’s condition resulting from the injuries sustained, it appears that his left foot is turned in in such manner as to make his walking difficult and uncertain, and to greatly limit his capacity to lift and bear weight in the course of manual labor, and that extra cartilage has developed in his right…