68 Ind. App. 575 | Ind. Ct. App. | 1918
Appellee was injured on March 6, 1917, while in the employ of appellant, which injury consisted of a “twist and laceration of the index finger of the right hand.” Appellant had actual knowledge of the injury when it was received, made its report of the same at that time, and filed it with the Industrial Board on March 14, 1917. On March 30, the parties agreed on the compensation which should be paid to appellee, which was $6.81 a week during his total disability not to exceed 500 weeks, and the necessary and reasonable surgical, medical and hospital expenses occasioned by the injury during the first thirty days thereafter. This agreement was approved.by the board on April 2, 1917. On April 19, appellee’s injured finger was amputated at the middle joint. At that time the parties entered into a supplemental agreement pursuant to §57, Acts 1915 p. 392 (as amended, Acts 1917 p. 154), §80201 et seq. Burns’ Supp. 1918, wherein appellant agreed to pay appellee for a period of fifteen weeks the sum of $6.81 each week, which was fifty-five per cent, of his average weekly wage. This agreement was likewise filed with the Industrial Board, and approved by it on April 26, 1917. Appellant has fully paid the compensation provided for in such supplemental agreement.
In' this connection the Industrial Board has found, in addition to what we have already set out: “That on the 19th day of April, 1917, plaintiff and defendant entered into a supplemental compensation agreement providing for the payment of fifteen weeks’ compensation at the rate of $6.81 per week for the loss of the index finger of the right hand at the middle joint; that pursuant to said agreement the defendant had paid to plaintiff fifteen weeks’ compensation at the rate of $6.81 per week; that because of the amputation of the index finger at the middle joint, the adhesion of tendons, and the permanent stiffness especially in the middle and second fingers of the right hand, the natural use and function of the whole said hand has been permanently impaired.”
Award affirmed.
Note. — Reported In 121 N. E. 6. See under (1) L. R. A. 1916A 387, 1917D 174.