Washington v. Manville Forest Products Corp.

MARVIN, Judge.

In this worker’s compensation action arising out of a 1982 accident, the employer appeals a judgment that awarded benefits for partial disability to the claimant, a utility helper-forklift operator, whose right index finger was amputated after it was crushed against a wall by the forklift.

The employer contends that the claimant, after recovering from the amputation and temporary disability, should be found to be able to return to work under the same job classification, as the medical testimony allegedly suggests, because some or much of the strenuous and manual part of…