Casa Bonita Restaurant v. Industrial Commission

BERMAN, Judge.

In this workmen’s compensation case, employer and its insurer (petitioners) seek review of an Industrial Commission award to claimant of permanent total disability benefits. We affirm.

The record reveals that while at work on March 18, 1977, claimant, then 20 years of age, fell and injured her left knee, necessitating surgical removal of the knee cap. The insurer, admitting liability, paid claimant benefits both for temporary total disability and for permanent partial disability.

Claimant, who has a history of previous injury and surgery to her left knee, is a high school…