Cook v. Sunnen Products Corp.

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

Sunnen Products Corporation (employer) appeals an award of permanent partial disability benefits by the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (Commission) to Robert Cook (claimant). Claimant appeals the Commission’s denial of temporary total disability, as well as the size of the permanent partial award. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

I. Background

On April 1, 1991, claimant was cutting grass for the employer on a steep hill. As he was mowing a horizontal path across the upper part of the hill, claimant lost his foothold. The mower began sliding sideways and down…