MARTIN v. STAR COOLER CORPORATION

No. 34383.

484 S.W.2d 32 (1972)

Chester R. MARTIN, Respondent, v. STAR COOLER CORPORATION, Employer, and Bituminous Casualty Corporation, Insurer, Appellants.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division One.

August 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quinn & Quinn, by James E. Heckel, St. Louis, for respondent.

Graff & Lahey, St. Louis, for employer & insurer.

Frank J. Iuen, Jefferson City, for Industrial Commission.


CLEMENS, Judge.

The employer and insurer appeal from the circuit court's affirmance of a $17,076 award to plaintiff for the accidental, partial amputation of his right hand. The appealing defendants level a four-fold challenge to the Commission's award. We reverse and remand.

Plaintiff worked at a "press brake," a machine that molds metal slabs between a stationary die at the bottom and a moveable ram at the top. The machine is activated by stepping on a treadle...

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