Pipeline Technic, L.L.C. v. Mason

BRYAN, Judge.

Pipeline Technic, L.L.C., appeals from a judgment of the trial court awarding workers’ compensation benefits to James Mason for a permanent and total disability. The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in awarding benefits to Mason for an injury to the body as a whole rather than for an injury to a scheduled member under § 25-5-57(a)(3), Ala. Code 1975. We affirm.

Mason worked for Pipeline as a welder. On September 19, 2004, Mason was injured at work when a pipe roller fell on his right foot. Mason sustained a “crush injury” that fractured bones, lacerated…