Bunting v. State

Claim was filed herein under the Compensation Act for temporary total incapacity, medical bills, specific loss of a thumb and partial loss of use of an index finger, and an award is sought in the sum of Two Thousand Six Dollars and Forty-five Cents ($2,006.45).

The facts are undisputed; proper notice was given and the claim was filed within a year.

It is alleged that claimant was an employee of the Animal Husbandry Department, and received an injury to his hand in the silo cutter while in the course of his regular employment. The injury consisted of the loss of the thumb on his right hand, the…