Reading Tube Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson,

James Scull, claimant-appellee, sustained an accidental injury while in the course of his employment with Reading Tube Corporation, appellant, on April 17, 1968, as a result of which his right index finger was amputated. The appellant and claimant-appellee entered into an agreement for the payment of compensation for approximately thirty-five weeks to the appellee. Thereafter, six operations were performed upon claimant-appellee’s hand in an attempt to remove recurring neuromas1 which had developed in claimantappellee’s right hand as a result of the injury. None of…