Surratt v. Gunderson Bros. Engineering Corp.

*67HOLMAN, J.

Claimant injured Ms back while -worMng for defendant, a direct responsibility employer under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. As a result of the injury, claimant subsequently had some of the vertebrae in his lower back fused. The operation was only partially successful, leaving him with a pseudarthrosis, a false joint produced by an imperfect fusion of the vertebrae. The dispute involves the amount of his disability.

Claimant originally was awarded permanent partial disability equal to 40 per cent loss of an arm by separation for unscheduled disability to his back. He demanded a…