Lynch v. Gleaner Combine Harvester Corp.

This is a proceeding by writ of error involving a judgment of the circuit court affirming an award of the Missouri Workmen’s Compensation Commission.

The facts show that defendant in error, on July 7, 1927, was employed in operating a punch press by the Gleaner Combine Harvester Company at Independence. In the course of his work the glove on his right hand was caught in the machine and when the die came down the end of the distal phalanx of the second finger on his right or major hand was crushed off. As a result he lost a third of the distal phalanx of the finger.

Plaintiff’s employer carried…