Ferguson v. Industrial Indemnity Co.

Plaintiff appeals an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board, claiming that he is permanently and totally disabled. We find that as a result of claimant’s compensable physical and psychological conditions he is permanently and totally disabled and reverse.

Claimant is a 44-year-old former supervisor in a frozen food plant. He sustained a compensable injury in October, 1977, while he was attempting to move a 500 pound barrel. Dr. Gillespie, the first of over 25 doctors claimant has seen for his back condition, initially stated: “Though his complaints may be related to some anxiety, he…