Rupp v. Hutter Construction Co.

Plaintiff was awarded $18 per week for 500 weeks on account of a compensable accident. The second, third, fourth, and fifth fingers and half of the metacarpal bones of these fing’ers had been removed from plaintiff’s right hand. The thumb remained uninjured. On the left hand, the third, fourth, and fifth fingers were disarticulated at the joint of the metacarpal bones, and the upper two and part of the third phalanges of the index finger were amputated.

Defendant’s sole claim on appeal is that because plaintiff can articulate the thumb so as to touch the stump of the finger of the left hand,…