Claim of Hurley v. E. R. Wolcott, Inc.

Appeal by the employer and its carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board granting claimant an award for 100% loss of vision in his right eye. Claimant sustained a work-connected injury to his right eye which required surgery, as a result of which all of the experts agree claimant suffered a 100% loss of vision. There is also unanimity by said experts, however, that, except for a partial loss of binocular vision which loss is clearly not compensable (Matter of Gainey v. Warren Nash Motor Corp., 231 App. Div. 768) by the use of a corrective lens claimant’s vision was at least…