Haney v. Union Foundry Co.

THIGPEN, Judge.

In September 1993, Eddie Haney filed a complaint, seeking workmen’s compensation benefits, alleging that he was permanently disabled because of a lower back injury that he had sustained while working in the line and scope of his employment with Union Foundry Company (employer) in 1991.1 The employer answered, and, among other things, denied that Haney was permanently disabled, and asserted several affirmative defenses.

Following ore tenus proceedings in October 1994, the trial court concluded that Haney had suffered an 8% permanent partial impairment, and it awarded benefits…