Ellison v. Frigidaire Home Products

HEARN, C.J.:

In this workers’ compensation action, AppellanNEmployer Frigidaire Home Products contends the circuit court erred in concluding an employee’s leg injury entitled him to compensation for total, permanent disability. We agree and reverse.

FACTS

While Respondent Ralph Ellison was operating a forklift for Frigidaire in November of 1999, he caught his foot in a box and fractured his leg in three places. Dr. Kirol treated Ellison for the fractures and determined that the forklift accident left Ellison with a twenty percent impairment to his left lower extremity. Dr. Kirol restricted…