Jewell v. Pond Company

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Associate Justice Baker.

Only one question is involved in this appeal, and that is whether, under the terms of the South Carolina Workmen’s Compensation Act, the Industrial Commission has the power to make an award for bodily disfigurement in addition to other awards, when the injury resulted in the amputation of a member and there is no evidence of any condition not normally present in the case of an amputation.

The respondent (hereinafter called claimant), while working for R. B. Pond Company, one of appellants, in the capacity of tractor driver,…