Hakala v. Burroughs Corp.

Both as a matter of public policy and of law, I dissent as to part II of the memorandum opinion but concur in part I.

The memorandum opinion does violence to the *173original purpose of the Second Injury Fund, which was to encourage hiring of the handicapped. Under its interpretation, a person who "always had” poor uncorrected vision in one eye comes to his employment with a "first injury,” although the corrected vision is within normal range. The Court creates a new class of handicapped persons, the foreseeable result of which will militate against hiring people wearing eye glasses or contact…