Oetiker v. Reo Motor Car Co.

The plaintiff suffered a somewhat severe cut on the back of his left wrist on January 22, 1923, while in the employ of the defendant. It was thus described by the nurse who rendered him first aid:

“It was an inch or inch and a quarter long, I think, and it was not deep, not straight down, it was rather slanting, under the skin more — perhaps a little less than a quarter of an inch.”

He continued work until February 13th. At that time the wound was healed and the redness and swelling had gradually disappeared. A few days before the 13th, he complained to the nurse of pain in his left arm. There…