71 Pa. Super. 350 | Pa. Super. Ct. | 1919
Opinion by
This is a proceeding to recover compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The plaintiff was injured in the course of his employment, by having a steel slab fall upon his right hand. He filed his claim with the Workmen’s Compensation Board and the referee allowed him compensation based on a finding of fact that he had suffered the permanent loss of the use of his right hand and therefore came within paragraph ■(c) of Section 306, of Article III of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1915; which provides as follows: “Permanent loss of the use of a hand, arm, foot, leg or eye, shall be considered as the equivalent of the loss of such hand, arm, foot, leg or eye.” The award was affirmed by the compensation board. The court below dismissed an appeal from that finding, and from that order we have this appeal, by the steel company.
The plaintiff is a common laborer. The purpose of the legislature, in adopting the Workmen’s Compensation Act, was to make reasonable provision for the victims of industrial accidents because of the resulting impairment of their ability to earn a livelihood for themselves and those dependent upon them. The section of
The appeal is dismissed at appellant’s costs.