Tryon v. Saturn Corp.

OPINION

WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, and GARY R. WADE, JJ„ joined. CORNELIA A. CLARK, J., not participating.

This appeal involves the application of the statutory caps on permanent partial disability benefits. After sustaining a workplace injury to his neck, an employee filed a complaint in the Circuit Court for Marshall County seeking workers’ com pensation benefits. Sixteen months after returning to work, and while his workers’ compensation case was pending, the employee retired upon the advice of his surgeon.…