Compensation of Butcher v. State Accident Insurance Fund

This is a workers’ compensation case in which claimant appeals an award of 72 percent for loss of the left leg which was in addition to two previous awards of 20 percent for loss of his left foot and 20 percent for the loss of his right foot. Claimant seeks an award of permanent total disability.

The referee’s Opinion and Order sets forth the pertinent facts as follows:

"FINDINGS AND OPINION

"I find that claimant is a credible witness, * * *. He seemed exceptionally candid, straight-forward, and did not appear to be at all evasive in his answers. Neither did he seem to exaggerate his complaints,…