HAM v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION


231 A.2d 258 (1967)

Charles W. HAM, Claimant Below, Appellant, v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION, Employer Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

May 23, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Gentile, Jr., Wilmington, for claimant below, appellant.

Carl Schnee, Wilmington, for employer below, appellee.

WOLCOTT, C. J., and CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ., sitting.


HERRMANN, Justice:

Upon this appeal, we are called upon to define further the term "total disability" as used in the Delaware Workmen's Compensation Law. Compare Hartnett v. Coleman, Del., 226 A.2d 910 (1967).

I.

The claimant, Charles W. Ham, was an ordinary unskilled laborer and had been such all his adult life. He reached the eighth grade in school; he had no special occupational...

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