GENERAL MOTORS CORP. v. COULBOURNE


415 A.2d 1345 (1979)

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a Corporation of the State of Delaware, Employer-Appellant and Cross-Appellee Below, Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Eugene COULBOURNE, Jr., Claimant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant Below, Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided November 7, 1979.

Reargument March 12, 1980.

Original Decision Confirmed May 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max S. Bell, Jr. of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for employer-appellant.

Stanley C. Lowicki, Wilmington, for claimant-appellee.

Before McNEILLY, QUILLEN and HORSEY, JJ.


QUILLEN, Justice:

In this Workmen's Compensation appeal the employer, General Motors Corporation (GM), challenges a decision by the Superior Court modifying an original finding by the Industrial Accident Board (Board). The Board had ruled claimant Coulbourne was entitled to compensation for having lost in an industrial accident 83% of normal vision, and the Superior Court increased the award to compensate him for a 100%...

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