Gallivan v. Swift & Co.

*235The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

In this action, Mervyn Gallivan, an employee of Swift & Company, asked compensation not only for an injury to the third and fourth fingers of his left hand, but to the hand itself, it being claimed that the injury impaired the use of the hand. On an inquiry the compensation commissioner allowed compensation for the partial loss of the use of the hand and did not limit it to the scheduled compensation for the loss of the use of the fingers. The district court upon appeal sustained the action of the commissioner, except to correct an…