Newlin v. State Accident Insurance Fund

In this workmen’s compensation case the Closing and Evaluation Division awarded claimant 48 degrees for neck and left shoulder unscheduled disability and 10 degrees for partial loss of the left arm. The hearing officer increased the award 80 degrees to 128 degrees for the unscheduled disability and approved the 10 degrees for the left arm. The Workmen’s Compensation Board affirmed the hearing officer and the circuit court affirmed the Board’s order. Claimant appeals to this court, claiming she should be awarded permanent total disability.

Claimant, then 61, was injured November 8, 1970, while…