Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-15
IS ENTITLED ID COMPENSATION
Charles Riley Gets Award at $10 Weekly During Disability With Hospital Medical and Surgical Bils-Carpenter Awarded $1 ,O40 for Loss of His Right Eye-Fndngs Filed in Superior Court Office by Commissioners Don- ohue.

rate of $1o a week from May 9th to June 1st, 1916, inclusive, and also de- creed that the respondents pay the medical, surgical and hospital bills.
 Gets Award Of $1,o4a
 In the case of Martin A. Wilhelm of Chatham against Charles R. Wittig of Hartford. Commissioner Donotue has made an award of $1,e40 for the loss of the employees right eye.
 From the testimony of the claimant it is found that he went to work for MT. Wittig on the 21st day of August as a. carpenter and that while driving a nail it flew up anu nit his right eye. He further stated that MT. Wit tig took him to Middletown where medical services were sought and that upon advice of Dr. S. S. Campbell, an eye specialist of Middlet6wn, he was taken to the Middlesex hospital in Mid dletown where he was treated until August 26th at which time he returned to his home in Chatham. On October he again sought medical advice from a doctor in Middle Haddarn and later he consulted another eye specialist in New Haven.
 The hearing was called at the re- quest of the claimant who made claim for the loss of the eye. At the hearing the respondents disputed the claim on the grounds that the claim
 
 contrary to the advice and orders o1 the attending physician. that he had by so doi1g endangered the sight o1 the left eye as well as tn, injured eye because of lack of treatment. Tn view of the statement of Dr Campbell which was to the effect that from the very start the injury to the eye was of such a character and oi sufficiently serious a nature to cause the loss of the sight of the eye or re duction to 1-10 or less of normal witf glasses even though no attention med ically had been given to the eve from about August 20th to October 1st. anc that eyes had been removed with nc | more of an injury than that suffered l by the clairnants who had suffered re | duction of vision to at least 1-10 o normal vision.
 nr. George Lawson of Middle Had dam whom the claimant consulted about Oct 1st, testified at the hear 1 ing that he found on examination tha
 portion of the iris had been lost and that the vision was so poor tha l the claimant could not count finger
 at a distance of six or eight inches which would show reduction of sigh i to less than 1-10 of normal vision. | The claimant submitted a. state merrt from Dr. T. J. Cohane. an ey, 1 snecialist of New Haven in whfcl the specialist said that he could no 1 f0G any glass that would improve LII
 vision which was found to be less thai 1 1-?0th.
 Tn consideration of the testimon, 1 presented and the facts as found 1t l 1 decreed that the respondents shall pa, 1 to the claimant compensation at tn rssc of ten dollars weekly for one hun l fired and four weeks. and that the re i sDondents shall assume payment o 1 the medical services that were ren dered up to and including Aug. 2e l rnent of any bills incurred since tha I time on account of his injury.
 Doctors Bills Approved.
 Another finding filed on Tuesda, was that in the case of Antonio Rice of New London, claimant, Vs. Johl Salter & Son of Groton. On Aug. 1s 1916, the employe was thrown back ward from a wagon when the hors started suddenly. He was attended b Dr. E. P. Douglass of Groton, wh presented bill for $6o. The respond ents thought the bill was unreasonable The commissioner decided that the bi was reasonable and approved it fo payment. in view of the facts brough out at the hearing.
 l In the case of Barney Chillenmi c Groton, claimant, against the L. Sigi
 Construction company, the bill pre- sented for services by Dr. Douglas and amounting to S45. waE found req tsonable and approved for payment. O T Aug. Sd the claimant caught the mid dle finger of his left hand betwee metal and concrete and suffered
 fracture ot the distel phaIanx.