Stoughton Wagon Co. v. Myre
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Stevens, Circuit Judge. Action to set aside an award made by the Industrial Commission under the Workmen’s Compensation Act.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Stevens, Circuit Judge. Action to set aside an award made by the Industrial Commission under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The facts were that the defendant Myre, October 24, 1914, while performing service in the employ of the plaintiff Wagon Company (both being subject to the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, secs. 2394 — 1 to 2394 — 31, Stats. 1913), was struck in the left eye by tbe bead of a bolt, causing injuries wbicb resulted in tbe permanent loss of four fifths of tbe sight of that eye. His earning…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, C. J.
It was held in Northwestern F. Co. v. Industrial Comm. 161 Wis. 450, 152 N. W. 856, that a partial and permanent impairment of tbe strength and usefulness of an arm was not within tbe class of injuries scheduled in sub. (5), sec. 2394 — 9, Stats. 1913, because that schedule referred to tbe physical loss of an arm, and mere impairment without loss of tbe member could not be held to be in that class.
Tbe case before us, however, is plainly not within that rea-*134aoning. The schedule gives a certain compensation for total blindness of one eye, the physical organ itself being retained, and in the…
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