Travelers Insurance v. Martin

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The injury, sustained in 1973, is admittedly compensable. The principal appellant, the employer’s insurance carrier, now admits that the claimant is totally and permanently disabled. The administrative law judge and the commission found, however, that the carrier had originally controverted all the claim in excess of a 40% permanent partial disability. On that basis the claimant was allowed a $750 attorney’s fee, which is the first point at issue.

The commission also found from the medical testimony that the claimant is in need…