Looper v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

Claimant appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) reversing the referee’s award of permanent total disability and awarding claimant 75 percent scheduled disability for his left leg, 40 percent scheduled disability for his left arm, and 25 percent unscheduled disability for problems involving his head and trunk area. We review de novo.

Since 1936, claimant has worked as co-owner and “outside” manager of a small oil products distributing company. On August 1, 1975, the tank truck claimant was driving collided with a logging truck, as a result of which claimant suffered a…