Malone & Hyde of Tupelo, Inc. v. Kent

In this workmen’s compensation case, Ruble Kent, appellee, received an injury to bis back while working at bis job for Malone & Hyde of Tupelo, Inc., appellant. The question is the extent of Kent’s permanent partial disability, which determines the amount of bis workmen’s *881compensation benefits. The commission found that he sustained a loss of wage-earning capacity of eighteen dollars per week, or approximately twenty-seven and one-half percent. This order was approved by the Circuit Court of Lee County, and we think it was amply supported by the evidence.

Kent was thirty-four years of age,…