C. & C. Coal Co. v. Sheckels

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Jasper Sheckels, a laborer, sustained an injury to his foot and sought workmen’s compensation from his employer, the C. & C. Coal Company. He was examined by a physician, who found that his disability was “7y¿ percent to the foot as a whole.” In proceedings before the Workmen’s Compensation Board, the parties stipulated that Sheckels had sustained a permanent partial disability of 7y2 percent to the foot as a whole. The board made an award of weekly payments totalling $225. This sum was reached by taking 7y2 percent of the maximum amount allowable for loss of a foot,…