Lindhout v. Brochu & Hass

Brochu & Hass, employer, and General Casualty & Surety Company, insurer, dé fendants, appeal from the award of the department of labor and industry, to John Lindhout, employee and plaintiff, for the loss of an eye. A piece of steel, chipped from a hammer, penetrated the cornea of the plaintiff’s eye while he was at work at his trade of tool and die maker, and was removed with a magnet. A cataract developed and was subsequently removed by an operation. The eyesight of the injured eye was destroyed, but with the use of a proper lens the vision was restored and increased about 25 per cent.…