Sparks v. Sailors' Snug Harbor

BECTON, Judge.

I

This Workers’ Compensation case was first heard on 28 April 1982, in New Bern, before Lisa Shepard, Deputy Commissioner. Because liability had been stipulated to, and because the employee, Leary Sparks, had already received compensation for temporary total disability, the only disputed issue between the parties was the amount of permanent partial disability, if any, to which the employee might be entitled following a hernia and subsequent surgical procedures.

By order filed 20 May 1982, Deputy Commissioner Shepard found that there was insufficient medical evidence of the loss of…