Court Opinion

ID: 8506901
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-23 01:53:43.499561+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:50:55.499403
License: Public Domain

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Petitioner testified that on June 5th, 1940, while operating an electric truck, his right foot was caught between the truck and some other object, and he thereby suffered a fracture of the foot. He was taken to the Beth Israel Hospital, and was treated for the injury to his foot. He returned to work on September 24th, 1940, and was paid two weeks temporary compensation at the compensation rate of $14.93 per week. He further testified that he had operated this electric truck previously, and had never been told not to use the truck, and that he was making use of the truck at the time of the accident in order to enable him to move certain materials from a freight car to the warehouse.
Dr. Max Hummel testified that his examinations of the petitioner on two occasions, indicated that the petitioner suffered a fracture of the right foot, causing a permanent disability of twenty-five per cent, of that member.
The respondent produced several witnesses who testified that on the morning of the accident, the foreman called together all of the employes in the delivery department, including the petitioner, William Sherlock, and instructed *51them as to their duties with reference to the unloading of the freight car, and that the foreman had designated another workman to operate the electric truck, and that William Sherlock was to assist him in the unloading and loading of the bales from the electric truck.
Dr. Irving Willner testified that his examination of the petitioner indicated that as a result of the injury to his right foot, the petitioner -would have a permanent disability of fifteen per cent, of that member.
After considering all the evidence in this case, I am of the opinion that the petitioner met with an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment by the respondent on June 5th, 1940,. and that the petitioner was not willfully disobeying his instructions at the time of the aforesaid accident, but that his operation of the truck was within the sphere of his employment, and in furtherance of his duties in the delivery department of the respondent.
I am further of the opinion that the petitioner is entitled to temporary disability from the date of the accident, June 5th, 1940, to September 23d, 1940, inclusive, and twenty per cent, permanent disability of the right foot.
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It is further ordered, that judgment be entered in favor of the petitioner and against the respondent for twenty per cent, permanent disability of the right foot.
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John C. Wegner, Deputy Commissioner.