International Paper Co. v. Langley

Frank Holt, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the appellee claims compensation for total permanent disability as a result of two separate heart attacks. The circuit court affirmed the Commission’s finding that the appellee had suffered a 65% permanent partial disability to his body as a whole as a result of both attacks. From that judgment comes this appeal. We first consider appellant’s assertion that the evidence is insubstantial to support the Commission’s finding.

The appellee, 43 years of age, was a long-time employee of appellant as a manual laborer. He based his…