Crown Textile Co. v. Dial

The trial court found that a job-related injury caused the employee to sustain a permanent partial disability to the body as a whole, resulting in a seventy-five percent loss of ability to earn. The employer was, therefore, held liable for corresponding workmen's compensation benefits, reasonable and necessary medical expenses resulting from the injury, and a ten percent penalty assessed against it for failure to pay compensation and medical benefits. The employer appeals. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The record shows that the employee was approximately thirty-eight years old and had…