Superior Court of Pennsylvania March 6, 1981, 1438 (Dorsey v. Harleysville Mutual Insurance)

VAN der VOORT, Judge:

Appellant Stephen J. Dorsey, Jr. was injured in an automobile accident on July 30, 1975. As a result of the accident, Mr. Dorsey’s left wrist had to be fused, causing a permanent loss of flexibility in that joint, and an inability (not necessarily permanent) to fully close the left hand or to fully flex the left elbow. In 1977, Mr.