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Show Wooden Leg Uninsurable The Supreme court of California has decided that a workman cannot collect a workmen's compensation liability li-ability benefit for injury to a wooden leg, in the case of John Driscoll, a teamster, whose wooden leg was broken brok-en when his horses shied and threw him. The case was bitterly fought, three judges dissenting from the majority ma-jority of the bench. It was urged that loss of an artificial member was a real disability. The majority held that a decision favorable to the workman would open the door to claims for damage to crutches, eyeglasses and false teeth. |