Fitzpatrick v. Freightliner Corp.

Claimant appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board reversing the referee’s award of permanent total disability and awarding her 80 degrees for 25 percent permanent partial disability in addition to that granted by all prior determination orders. We reverse and reinstate the referee’s award.

Claimant was injured in 1972 when she was attempting to free a jammed punch press. The die fell, cutting off most of her left hand. Claimant is naturally left-handed. She had undergone seven operations on the hand by 1975. In June, 1975, she began experiencing right-hand pain. By late 1977,…