Eslinger v. Cole Grain Co.

WILSON, Presiding Judge:

The issue in this proceeding is whether the Workers’ Compensation Act of 1977 now authorizes the court to order an award for permanent total disability upon a finding of total economic disability resulting from an accidental personal injury to claimant’s left arm causing a 100 percent impairment to that limb.

The trial judge entered such an order; it was affirmed on appeal to a three-judge review panel. The employer and its insurance carrier now challenge the order in this proceeding.

Contending that an award for total permanent disability cannot be made where a member…