Claim of Supple v. Erie Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Erie Railroad Company, from an award of the State Industrial Commission, entered in the office of said Commission on the 25th day of October, 1916.
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.:
The claimant was injured May 5, 1916. The finding of the Commission is that “ the index finger of his right hand became infected and resulted in an ankylosis, thereby causing a permanent loss of use of that finger.” On this finding an award of compensation was made by the Commission of sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of the average weekly wages of the employee for a period of forty-six weeks “ for the equivalent of the loss of the index finger of the right hand.”
No witness was examined on the hearing before the Commission. There is no evidence supporting the finding that the…
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