Munday v. Department of Labor & Industries

This appeal is from a judgment dismissing claimant’s action, entered on the department’s motion for nonsuit challenging the sufficiency of claimant’s evidence at the close of his case.

Appellant, a shipyard worker, was injured March 5, 1943, by a steel sliver which lodged under the nail of the middle finger of his right hand. Shipyard medical personnel treated the injury, but an infection occurred which made it necessary to remove the nail March 24, 1943. During this minor surgery, the yard surgeon administered several novocaine injections as a local anesthetic, and a few minutes thereafter…