SIMS v. AMERICAN CAN COMPANY

No. 1479.

54 Pa. D. & C. 2d 494 (1972)

Sims v. American Can Company

Common Pleas Court of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

February 23, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland J. Artiques, for claimant.

Robert A. Detweiler, for employer.


WALSH, J., February 23, 1972.

This is an appeal by the claimant from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Board setting aside an award of the referee. The sole question before this court is whether the intent of The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act of June 2, 1915, P. L. 736, as amended, is to compensate an injured workman for the loss of use of the distal phalange of a finger on the same basis as the loss by amputation or otherwise of a substantial part...

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