O'Brien v. Manchester Yarn Mills

Section 23 of the Revised Laws, chapter 216, under which the plaintiff was awarded compensation, entitled “Permanent Partial Disability” provides a schedule of specific payments for the loss of various parts of the body. Section 27 of the same statute, entitled “Limit of Compensation” provides as follows:

“27. Limit of Compensation. In no event shall any compensation paid under this subdivision exceed the damage suffered, nor shall any weekly payment in any event, exceed eighteen dollars, or extend over more than three hundred weeks from the date of the accident. Such payment shall continue…