Boise Cascade Corp. v. Jackson

In this workers' compensation case, Boise Cascade Corporation ("the employer") appeals from a judgment of the Clarke Circuit Court awarding workers' compensation benefits to Tommie L. Jackson ("the employee"). In its judgment, the trial court determined that the employee had sustained a nonscheduled injury that resulted in a permanent total disability and calculated the amount of disability benefits due the employee. On appeal, the employer asserts that the trial court erred in treating the injury as nonscheduled; in considering evidence of vocational disability; and in failing to reduce the…