B.F. Goodrich Co. v. Campbell

This is a workmen's compensation case. After an ore tenus hearing, the trial court determined that the employee had sustained a ten percent permanent partial disability. The employer appeals through able counsel and we affirm.

The dispositive issues on appeal are (1) whether the trial court erred in finding a loss of ability to earn when the evidence reveals that the employee's post-injury earnings equal or exceed his earlier earnings, and (2) whether the trial court erred when it taxed the cost of a medical deposition against the employer.

At the outset we are compelled to repeat the…