DeHart v. Ideal Basic Industries, Inc.

This is a workmen's compensation case.

After a trial on the merits, the trial court found that the employee had sustained a permanent partial disability and had suffered a fifteen percent permanent loss of his ability to earn.

The employee appeals, and we affirm.

The employee contends that his loss in earning capacity is greater than that determined by the trial court.

The dispositive issue, therefore, is whether there is any evidence to support the trial court's finding that the employee's earning capacity had been reduced by only fifteen percent as a result of the injury caused by his…