Wrenn v. Connecticut Brass Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by the defendant from a finding and award' of the Compensation Commissioner of the fifth district, acting for and in place of the Commissioner of the third district, in favor of the plaintiff, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Webb, J.; the court affirmed the Commissioner’s award and dismissed the appeal, and from this judgment the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
The plaintiff, on March 6th, 1915, sustained a severe fracture of his left forearm which left his arm in a “twisted and unnatural position.” We ascertain from the finding that a competent surgeon was of the opinion that the operation of effecting a bone graft would make a useful arm of the injured member. Operations of this character are often successful. The operation was made, and by the latter part of April, 1916, the forearm had become straight, and the surgeons believed that good functional results would follow, and a useful arm follow the operation. Instead, a suppurative process…
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