Shoemaker v. Creative Builders

THOMAS, Judge.

Defendants appeal from an opinion and award of the Industrial Commission (Commission) ordering them to pay compensation to plaintiff for permanent total disability in the amount of $253.53 per week, plus medical expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees. They set forth six assignments of error. For the reasons herein, we affirm.

The facts are as follows: Plaintiff, Ralph Douglas Shoemaker, worked as a carpenter for defendant, Creative Builders. On 14 July 1992, he suffered a back injury that caused him to undergo surgery. Plaintiff and defendants then executed an Industrial…