Thompson v. Argonaut Insurance

Claimant appeals from an order of the circuit court, affirming both the referee and the Workmen’s Compensation Board, granting him an award of 160 degrees (50 percent) unscheduled permanent partial disability.1 On appeal claimant contends both that he is permanently and totally disabled, and "alternatively” that the award granted does not adequately reflect the extent to which his earning capacity has been diminished by his compensable injury.

A workman is "permanently and totally disabled” when he has by virtue of a compensable injury been rendered incapable of "performing any work at a…