West v. Stevens

Plaintiff assigns as error Findings of Fact No. 5 and No. 7, and the conclusion based thereon that plaintiff is entitled to an award on the basis of a 12.5 percent permanent partial disability. Plaintiff argues that the only testimony before the Commission was that of Dr. John A. Lusk, and that his testimony supports only a finding of a 25 or 30 percent disability. Dr. Lusk testified that in his opinion “[h]er disability is about 25 to 30 percent of the left leg.”

Dr. Lusk also testified as follows:

“The thrombo-phlebitis found in both legs and the embolus in one of her lungs could have been…