Cardwell v. State Workmen's Compensation Commr.

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

Claimant, Jerry W. Cardwell, a former underground coal miner, is appealing, pro se, from a decision by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board that he had been adequately compensated by an award of 38 percent permanent partial disability. Card-well contends that because Itmann refused to reemploy him because of his physical condition, he should be declared totally and permanently disabled. Cardwell’s a fortio-ri argument fairly raises a rather complex question: of what evidentiary value is an employer’s refusal to put an injured worker back to work? We will discuss the…