Darlington Fabrics Corp. v. Bury

This is an employer’s petition to review a decree of the workmen’s compensation commission. After a hearing the single commissioner found that the respondent was still partially incapacitated but had not made a bona fide attempt to obtain work. From a decree of the full commission affirming the decree of the trial commissioner suspending future payments of compensation the respondent has appealed to this court.

The respondent was working as a doffer for petitioner on March 26, 1960 at an average weekly wage of $54.12 when she suffered a severe laceration of the right thumb. She was paid…