Washington County Board of Education v. Hartley

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

The Washington County Board of Education and its insurance carrier, Shelby Mutual Insurance Company, have appealed from the decree of the Chancery Court of Carter County awarding appellee, Dallas Hartley, benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The appellants insist there was no evidence to support the chancellor’s finding of permanent partial disability of the body as a whole, and that the award of benefits should have been limited to an award of permanent partial disability to the right lower extremity.

The evidence shows that Dallas Hartley was employed as a…