M.C. Dixon Lumber Co., Inc. v. Phillips

David Phillips filed a complaint for workmen's compensation benefits against M.C. Dixon Lumber Company, Inc. (Dixon), alleging that, as the result of a work-related injury which occurred while he was employed as a millwright for Dixon, he suffered a permanent total disability. The parties stipulated that Phillips's injury arose out of and in the course of his employment and that the only issue before the trial court was the percentage of disability. After ore tenus proceedings, the trial court found that Phillips was permanently and totally disabled. Dixon's post-judgment motion was denied;…