Wheeling Metal & Manufacturing Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Commissioner

Maxwell, Judge:

The Wheeling Metal & Manufacturing Company, a- subscriber to the Workmen’s Compensation Fund of this state, brings for review an award of permanent total disability to its employee, I. Lawrence Wood, by the Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner and affirmed by the Appeal Board.

In 1912, the claimant, while working for the Metal Company, received an injury which resulted in the amputation of his right forearm about two inches below the elbow. After recovery from the amputation, he remained in the service of the same employer and in January, 1938, in the course of and resulting from…