Griffith v. Goforth

This is a compensation case in which both petitioner and defendant have appealed from the decree of the chancellor. We will refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court. The chancellor found that the petitioner, George Griffith, was totally and permanently disabled, and “is entitled to recover under (Code, section 6878) subsection (e) as totally incapacitated from working at any occupation which brings in an income.” He further found that the injured employee was “entitled to recover under subsection (d) five thousand dollars and the costs of the cause.”

The defendant denied that…