FRANK MEISTER, Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.

Case summary

Claimant, a state employee, was injured on December 27, 1929, in extra hazardous work. The court awarded $390.00 for permanent injury to his finger.

Claim type: Personal Injury Negligence

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Headnotes

OSCAR E. CARLSTROM, Attorney General; CARL I. DIETZ AND FRANK R. EAGLETON, Assistants Attorney General, for respondent.

PERSONAL INJURY-when award will be made-Workmen's Compensation Act. Where claimant sustains injuries arising out of and in the course of his employment while engaged in an employment declared to be extra hazardous, an award will be made under the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act. JOHN A. MAYHEW, for claimant.

MR. JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

Claimant was employed by the State in work declared by the Workmen's Compensation Act to be extra hazardous and, [*510] on December 27, 1929, received an injury to the second finger of his left hand. The injury arose out of and in the course of his employment, and the State is liable to pay him compensation therefor. The injury to the finger is shown to be permanent and to seriously interfere with its use. We think, under the evidence, he should be awarded $390.00. It is therefore ordered that claimant be and he is awarded the sum of $390.00.