Holton v. F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber Co.

In this action the claimant, Richard J. Holton, the employer, F. H. Stoltze Land and Lumber Company, and the insurer, Scott Wetzel Services, Inc., appeal the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court awarding 40% disability of the whole man, refusing to admit an economist’s expert testimony, denying imposition of a 20% penalty, and awarding attorney fees from the claimant’s benefits.

Richard J. Holton injured his back while “pulling on the green chain” at the Stoltze sawmill on November 8, 1972. In January 1973 claimant’s physician, Dr. Burton, performed a laminectomy and disc removal.…