Holder v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

Appellee was awarded seventy-five percent permanent partial disability benefits as the result of an injury sustained on February 9, 1978, in an on-the-job accident. On appeal, the employer’s insurance carrier questions only the percentage of permanent disability found by the chancellor. Appellant insists that the chancellor misunderstood the testimony of the treating physician and that as a consequence the award of disability was contrary to the law and the evidence. Appellant also insists that appel-lee “failed to attempt to mitigate or minimize any losses which he…