Keller v. L. A. Darling Fixtures

Melvin Mayfield, Judge.

This is a workers’ compensation case. The Administrative Law Judge’s decision awarded the appellant 15 percent permanent disability to the body as a whole, based upon a 10 percent anatomical impairment to the body as a whole, plus an additional 5 percent impairment of wage-earning capacity. The opinion of the Chairman of the Commission reversed the law judge’s decision and dismissed the claim. Another Commissioner concurred, and the third Commissioner dissented. Each Commissioner wrote a separate opinion.

The first issue is whether the evidence will satisfy the…