Hardman v. City of Iola

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kaul, J.:

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The appeal is by the employer and its insurance carrier (hereafter referred to as respondents) from a judgment of the trial court which raised the director’s award of twenty percent permanent partial disability to permanent total disability.

The basic question presented is whether there is any competent evidence supporting the trial court’s judgment awarding claimant compensation on a basis of permanent total disability under K. S. A. 1974 Supp. 44-510c (a), now 1975 Supp. The principal contention of…