Claimant is a laundry worker and in 1948 her hands were caught in a mangle. Both hands were crushed to the area of the wrists; the skin was deeply burned, exposing the tendons and tendon sheaths. There was amputation of the middle, ring, and fifth fingers of the left hand and of the distal phalanx of the index finger of the same hand. Extensive surgery was carried out. Claimant commenced a third-party action which was settled for $30,000. On March 21, 1951, the case was on...
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