Hart v. State Accident Insurance Fund

Claimant appeals from a judgment of the circuit court affirming a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) that she was not permanently and totally disabled but was only entitled to a scheduled disability award of 20 percent loss of her right arm and 10 percent loss of her left arm.

Claimant, aged 52, was employed as a "stock cutter” for a rubber mill, a job which involved the pulling and cutting of rubber stock. In September 1972, she suffered an injury to her right arm. She received some treatment for this injury, and in January 1973, a determination order awarded her temporary…