Powell v. State ex rel. Pinecrest State School

GUIDRY, Judge.

The defendant-employer has appealed from a judgment awarding plaintiff worker’s compensation benefits for a permanent partial disability.

Mr. Powell, a senior cabinetmaker in the defendant’s carpenter shop, sustained what appears to have been soft tissue injuries to his right forearm and left foot during his employment on August 2, 1982. About two weeks thereafter he resumed his regular work and performed same with few absences for almost two years when the case was tried. However, plaintiff testified that he has continued to experience considerable pain and swelling of his right…