Cantrell v. Electric Power Board

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

In this worker’s compensation action, the Chancellor awarded the employee permanent partial disability benefits, and denied a set-off to the employer for supplemental short-term disability benefits previously paid by a company-funded disability plan. The employer appeals, contending that the Chancellor erred in refusing to grant the set-off. For the reasons set out below, we affirm the Chancellor’s judgment.

The plaintiff, Jeffery L. Cantrell, age 32, had been employed for eleven years at the time of trial by the Electric Power Board of the Metropolitan Government of…