Pacific Motor Trucking Co. v. Standley

Employer seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order which affirmed the referee’s order increasing claimant’s award of unscheduled permanent partial disability from 40 percent to 65 percent and awarding attorney fees. We affirm.

Claimant was compensably injured in April, 1980. He suffered shoulder and neck injuries, fractured two fingers on his left hand and received a concussion. He was released to return to work in May, 1980. He received temporary total disability (TTD) for the time he missed, and 10 percent permanent partial disability (PPD) for loss of the use of his left hand. He…