Kuhle v. Kirk

Claimant, Walter E. Kuhle, seeks review of an order of the Full Commission which reversed an order of the deputy awarding permanent partial disability benefits.

Two questions are presented for decision. The first is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the deputy’s finding that claimant had sustained a 25% permanent disability of the body as a whole, despite the fact that at the time of the hearing claimant was earning more in wages than he was at the time of the injury. The second is whether the deputy erred in failing to assess penalties against the employer because of his failure to…