Shaw v. Burk Builders, Inc.

BOYD, Justice.

This cause is before us on petition for writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Industrial Relations Commission which reversed the award of 42% permanent partial disability to petitioner herein.

Petitioner sustained a permanent back injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment on March 14, 1968, when he fell about 10 feet into a ditch, landing on his back on some lumber. The employer-carrier voluntarily paid workmen’s compensation for 5% permanent partial disability of the body as a whole. The medical and anatomical ratings given by the doctors…