Paul Johnson Plastering v. Johnson

This appeal involves an employee’s claim that he suffered a brain injury and is entitled to permanent total disability benefits pursuant to Code § 65.2-503(0(3).

Paul Johnson was employed as a plasterer and drywall installer. On January 15, 1990, he fell while standing on 42" drywall stilts. He was taken to a hospital emergency room, diagnosed with a fracture of the right wrist, and referred to an orthopedist. He was also treated for abrasions on his forehead. Dr. Thomas S. Meade, Jr., an orthopedist, put a cast on Johnson’s right arm and told him he could not work for at least two months.

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