San Juan Record | 1932-07-21 | Page 2 | Wooden Leg Uninsurable

wooden let uninsurable the supreme court of california lies has decided that a workman cannot collect a work mens compensation liability benefit for injury to a wooden leg in the case of john driscoll a n teamster whose wooden leg was broken nhen ft hen his horses shied and threw him the case was bitterly fought three judges dissenting from the majority of the bench it was urged that loss of an artificial member was waa 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