Federal Mogul Corp. v. Moses

This is a workmen's compensation case. From a judgment in favor of the employee the employer appeals.

The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the trial court's finding that the employee sustained a 30% permanent partial disability to the body as a whole with a corresponding 30% loss of earning ability is supported by the evidence. We find that it is and affirm.

The pertinent facts are as follows:

The employee is a high school graduate, having completed his high school education while serving in the U.S. Army. He is thirty-two years old and the father of three children. After discharge from…