STEWART v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION BOARD


407 S.W.2d 723 (1966)

Shalmer STEWART, Appellant, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION BOARD, Commonwealth of Kentucky, and R. L. Wells Lumber Company, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 28, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. B. Creech, Ashland, for appellant.

Howard VanAntwerp, III, Ashland, Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellees.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

This workmen's compensation case presents the question of the amount properly awardable to an employe who accidentally severed with a power saw a portion of the heel of his right hand, an entire finger and a portion of the metacarpal of that finger, and two joints of the remaining three fingers. The circuit court confirmed the Board's award, which limited compensation to the amount for loss of members scheduled in KRS 342.105. The employe appeals...

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