Tipsord v. State

Claimant seeks an award of Nine Hundred Sixteen ($916.00) Dollars for accidental injury sustained while employed by respondent. On September 24, 1936 he was employed by the Division of Highways in highway improvement work on State Aid Route No. 11 near Saybrook, Illinois. While assisting in the construction of a concrete erosion wall, claimant’s left hand was caught between a large stone and the wall and the first phalanx of the index finger of the left hand was crushed. He was immediately taken by his foreman to Dr. James Jensen at Saybrook who dressed the finger and put it in a splint. The…