Hager v. Norristown Magnesia Asbestos Co.

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

This appeal by an employer and his insurance carrier from an award of compensation, turns on whether claimant lost the use of his right hand, or was less seriously maimed. He was injured while employed cutting asbestos covering with a circular saw. The thumb and two-thirds of the proximal metacarpal bone are amputated; a linear scar in the palm of the hand near the root of the ring finger extends around to the ulna side of the hand. There is .a scar on the radial side of the index finger, which also shows a healed laceration from the tip of the second joint, and there is…