Fruehauf Corp. v. Keenum

This is a workmen's compensation case.

The trial court found Joseph J. Keenum to be permanently and totally disabled by definition under § 25-5-57 (a)(4), Code of Alabama 1975. He was awarded sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of his average weekly salary to be paid weekly during the period of disability. Keenum's attorney was awarded a fee equal to fifteen (15) percent of the payable compensation reduced to its present value and payable in a lump sum. Based upon the present age and life expectancy of the plaintiff, the fee was determined to be $14,535.24. The fee was ordered to be…