Claim of Stanick v. Seiberling Rubber Co.

An employer and its carrier appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board which discharged the Special Fund under subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Claimant, employed to change the heavy tires of large automotive trucks, sustained an industrial injury on October 19, 1951 for which a schedule award of 17%% loss of use of the left foot was made. On March 8,1954 while in the same employ he sustained a second injury which resulted in the amputation of a substantial part of the same member and an ensuing award based on a 99% loss of its use, followed by…