BREWSTER v. LIEBFRIED MFG.


65 A.D.2d 162 (1978)

In the Matter of the Claim of Wilston Brewster, Respondent, v. C. H. Liebfried Mfg. Corp., Appellant. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

December 14, 1978


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne G. Kafka for appellant.

Pasternack, Popish, Ciaccio, Popish & Burton, P. C., for Wilston Brewster, respondent.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Henriette Frieder and Daniel Polansky of counsel), for Workers' Compensation Board, respondent.

MAHONEY, P. J., SWEENEY, KANE and STALEY, JR., JJ., concur.


HERLIHY, J.

The claimant sustained a compensable injury on December 6, 1974 when the tip of a finger was cut off and he received a schedule award of 50% loss of his left middle finger. On January 16, 1975 his attending physician certified that he could return to work if it was light duty and did not involve the use of his finger. The claimant had worked for the employer about two years prior to his injury. On...

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