Coastal Power Products, Inc. v. Bishop

L. CHARLES WRIGHT, Retired Appellate Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The only issue presented on appeal is whether the totally disabled claimant is a proper candidate for rehabilitation, which is reasonably calculated to restore him to gainful employment and which is in his best interests. § 25 — 5—77(c), Ala.Code 1975.

The trial court entered findings of fact and conclusions of law. That the claimant has undergone two diskectomy operations on two different areas of his spine, that he continues to have severe constant pain, and that he walks with the aid of crutches and requires…