Brode's Case

This is a proceeding under the workman’s compensation act. The employee was injured August 23, 1922, her hand being caught in a press. Four of her fingers were fractured. She was paid compensation at the rate of $7 a week. In September, 1923, at the request of the insurer to discontinue payments, there was a hearing before a member of the Industrial Accident Board. It was decided at this hearing that she was able to do her former work, and, if unwilling to return to the same employment, she was able to earn the same amount of wages elsewhere. “On all the evidence, I find that the employee is…