McNeely v. Clem Mill & Gin Company

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The principal question is whether an employee who suffers a scheduled injury which proves to be totally and permanently disabling is entitled only to the restricted compensation specified for the scheduled injury or to the greater benefits provided for total and permanent disability. The commission took the more liberal view, but its award was set aside by the circuit court. We agree with the commission.

The claimant, at the time of his injury in 1961, was a 50-year-old manual laborer, unable to read or write. His accident…