Warhelm v. Melrose Granite Co.

Certiorari in a workman’s compensation case where the employe was allowed full compensation for loss of an eye. Admittedly the proper award were it not for these facts: The employe is a granite cutter. A little more than one year previous to the accident here involved, the same eye was accidently injured and the eyesight therein so impaired that a settlement was made between him, his then employer and the latter’s insurer, whereby he was to receive the full amount allowable under the law for total loss of the use of an eye. However, its vision was not wholly destroyed. He could see to read…