Bowen v. Chiquola Manufacturing Co.

Legge, Justice.

On May 26, 1958, appellant, an employee of Chiquola Manufacturing Co., sustained a compensable low back injury as the result of which he was operated on and the fourth and fifth lumbar intervertebral discs were removed. He appeals from a circuit court order reversing the Industrial Commission’s award in his favor, and charges that the court erred:

1. In holding that the date of maximum improvement was September 2, 1959, and not December 1, 1958, as found by the Commission;

2. In ordering payment of compensation from September 2, 1959, on the basis of twenty-five per cent partial…