Weyerhaeuser Company v. Ratliff

INZER, Justice:

This workmen’s compensation case was appealed from the Circuit Court of Lown-des County which reversed an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission and directed the employer-insurer to pay claimant maximum compensation and past and future medical expenses. The judgment of the circuit court must be reversed and the commission order reinstated because it was supported by substantial evidence.

Claimant was ttsing a machete knife to clear undergrowth and saplings as part of a land survey team when he stumbled, lacerating three fingers on the palmer surface of his right hand.…