Modern Upholstered Chair Co. v. Russell

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case.

The employer appeals from the action of the trial judge in awarding temporary total benefits, permanent partial benefits based upon 30% disability to the body as a whole and medical expenses.

Essentially the questions before this Court are:

a. the sufficiency of the notice

b. the occurrence of a compensible injury

c. the extent of the injury

d. the power of the court to award temporary total beyond the date of the hearing

The claimant, Betty Russell, had been in the employ of Modern Upholstered Chair Company since September, 1970.

It is the…