Arnold v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

BOLIN, Judge.

Thomas N. Arnold appeals from a judgment rendered against his employer, Kroehler Manufacturing Company and its insurer, Liberty Mutual Life Insurance Company, awarding plaintiff workmen’s compensation benefits for 150 weeks rather than 400 weeks for which he had sued.

It is undisputed Arnold was accidentally injured while working as a “table shaper” in a furniture factory owned and operated by Kroehler. The accident resulted when Arnold’s hand was pulled into a machine with rotating blades. He was immediately hospitalized and his left thumb was amputated at the proximal joint, and…