Woodard v. George Cole Chevrolet, Inc.

LINDSAY, Judge.

Plaintiff, Harold M. Woodard, appeals the judgment of the trial court denying the withdrawal of funds from the registry of the court in excess of the sum awarded to plaintiff in his workers’ compensation action against defendants, George Cole Chevrolet, Inc., Terry Burke Chevrolet, Inc. and Commercial Union Insurance Company.

The record reveals that on August 20, 1981, plaintiff instituted a workers’ compensation action against the defendants alleging that he was totally and permanently disabled as a result of a myoligamentous back sprain.

Immediately prior to the date of trial,…