Dunn v. Champion International Corp.

Champion International (Champion), the self-insured employer, appeals a Workers’ Compensation Court order which awards to respondent Pam Dunn 200 weeks of permanent partial disability benefits at $99 a week. The determinative issue on appeal is whether there is substantial, credible evidence to support the lower court’s findings on respondent’s lost earnings capacity. We hold that there is no such evidence and, therefore, we reverse the lower court.

Since 1974 respondent has worked for Champion at its Bonner, Montana, plant. Respondent injured her right knee at work in May 1980 and Champion,…