Swift & Co. v. Surrency

ERVIN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal and cross-appeal from a final order which refused to permit appellant, employer, to credit wage-loss payments against payment of permanent total disability (PTD) in the same amount, found that employer acted in bad faith in not timely accepting appellee, claimant, as per*741manently and totally disabled, and, based on that finding, awarded attorney’s fees. We reverse the order as it relates to the issues raised in the appeal, thereby mooting discussion of the issues raised in the cross-appeal.

Claimant, in the course of his employment as a butcher, suffered a…