Mathia v. Contract Freighters, Inc.

GARRISON, Judge.

C.W. Mathia (“Claimant”) appeals from a final award of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (“Commission”) which affirmed an award entered by the administrative law judge (“ALJ”). The award, entered in Claimant’s workers’ compensation claim, granted Claimant an 18% permanent partial disability to the body as a whole, but denied his claim for permanent total disability and for future medical benefits. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Claimant is a high school graduate who previously worked as a meat cutter and maintenance worker for Hormel Packing Company. 'While…