State Accident Insurance Fund Corp. v. Scholl

SAIF seeks review of an award of permanent total disability, arguing that, because claimant has some physical capacity, it was error for the Board to excuse her from the requirement that she seek work. We affirm.

Claimant, age sixty-eight, worked in the 1930’s as a seamstress and in the 1960’s selling jewelry and household products. She had worked for employer for three years as a kitchen helper when she injured her back in 1978. Since that time she has not worked. The Board found:

“Claimant is 68 years old with a 12th grade education. She has minimal work experience, a dull normal IQ and no…