Standard Furniture v. Hill

SHIVERS, Judge.

The employer/carrier, Standard Furniture and Underwriters Adjusting Company, appeals from the deputy commissioner’s order granting claimant, Herbert Hill, a partial lump-sum advance. The issue on appeal is whether the deputy commissioner properly determined that claimant should receive such an advance. We affirm.

Claimant is a 36 year old man who lives in a mobile home with his mother in Mobile, Alabama. On October 10, 1974, a car travelling at approximately 45 miles an hour struck claimant, driving him into a concrete light pole and virtually severing his right leg. The impact…