Johnson v. Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co.

Plaintiff’s claim is for compensation for specific loss of the distal phalange of the middle finger of his left hand. Amputation of 3/4 of it was necessitated by an injury arising- out of and in the course of his employment. The workmen’s compensation appeal board denied compensation for specific loss of the entire phalange under the holdings of this Court in Fanning v. W. E. Wood Co., 255 Mich 618, and Van Eps v. Sligh Furniture Co., 257 Mich 112. Since then, a majority of this Court, in an opinion not shared by this writer, overruled those cases and held such loss to constitute the loss of…