Case Number
M1999-01460-WC-R3-CV
The Appellants, Dietz Mobile Home Transport (hereinafter called the "Employer") and ITT Hartford Insurance Company (hereinafter the "Carrier") contest the amount of the trial court's award of permanent partial disability benefits on three grounds: (1) that the trial judge established and relied upon an anatomical impairment that was not a rating given by any of the three doctors who testified and that the impairment rating was too high under all of the facts in the case; (2) that the trial judge erroneously found that Ricky Short (hereinafter the "Claimant") did not have a meaningful return to work and therefore erroneously failed to cap the award at two and a half times the anatomical rating; and (3) that the trial judge's award of sixty percent permanent partial disability to the body as a whole was excessive. After a complete review of the entire record, the briefs of the parties, and the applicable law, we affirm the judgment of the trial court on all of the issues raised.
Originating Judge
John A. Turnbull, Circuit Judge
Case Name
Ric Ky S Hor T v. D Ietz Mo Bile Hom E Tr Ans Por T,
Date Filed
Dissent or Concur
No
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