Benavides v. Industrial Commission

OGG, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether or not the petitioner, as a result of an industrial accident, sustained both a permanent partial disability of the neck and a permanent partial disability of the right arm. The Industrial Commission made an award to the petitioner based on the finding of a 50% permanent partial disability to his right arm. It is from this award that petitioner now appeals.

On August 18, 1969 this fifty year old petitioner, while working as a carpenter for the Stearns-Roger Corporation, Respondent Employer, fell through a roof and suffered an injury to his upper…