Case Name: Before State Industrial Board, Respondent. Philip Neglea (Neglia), Claimant, Respondent, v. G. A. Zimmerman Corporation and Another, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1923-03
Citations: 206 A.D. 634
Docket Number: 
Parties: Before State Industrial Board, Respondent. Philip Neglea (Neglia), Claimant, Respondent, v. G. A. Zimmerman Corporation and Another, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 206
Pages: 634–634

Head Matter:
Before State Industrial Board, Respondent. Philip Neglea (Neglia), Claimant, Respondent, v. G. A. Zimmerman Corporation and Another, Appellants.
Workmen's Compensation Law — loss of one fool and loss of use of other foot — when award for permanent total disability should be allowed— § 15, subd. 5, not applicable— payments under awards.
Appeal from a decision and award of the State Industrial Board, made on August 14, 1922.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The claimant has lost one foot and has lost the use oi the other foot. The loss of the use of a member is the equivalent to the loss of the member. He is entitled, therefore, to the compensation as tor a permanent total disability, to wit, two-thirds of his average weekly wage. Subdivision 5 of section 15 of the Workmen's Compensation Law does not apply. The loss of a foot is within the exception. But the award cannot cover the period for which compensation has been paid under a prior award. The new award, therefore, should begin at the time of the final payment under the former award. All concur. Award reversed, and matter remitted to the State Industrial Board.
See Workmen's Compensation Law of 1914, § 15, subd. 5, as amd. by Laws of 1917, chap. 705. Since amd. by Laws of 1920, chap. 532; now Workmen's Compensation Law of 1922, § 15, subd. 6.— [Rep.