Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc. v. Brooks

Lyle Brown, Justice.

The trial court affirmed a finding of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission that appellee, Walter Brooks, was totally disabled. The employer-appellant, Arkansas Best Freight System, Inc., controverted any disability in excess of fifty per cent to the body as a whole, that being the highest medical disability in evidence. Appellant contends there is not sufficient competent evidence to warrant an award based on total and permanent disability. The attorney’s fee is also questioned.

On the issue of degree of disability we shall examine the facts in the light most favorable to…