Griffin v. Potlatch Forests, Inc.

*178SPEAR, Justice

(dissenting) :

The majority apparently concedes that “Griffin was totally and permanently disabled from continuing in his former employment." Yet despite this “permanent disability,” the majority would still limit the Board’s none-too-generous 75% award to an award of 50% partial permanent disability. With this conclusion I cannot agree. If claimant is permanently disabled, he is entitled to 100% permanent disability compensation, not to 50 or 75 percent permanent partial disability compensation.

As Professor Larson has stated in his treatise on Workmen’s Compensation:

“The total…