Lane Poultry Farms v. Wagoner

Lyle Brown, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The circuit court affirmed a finding of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission that appellee, Nallie C. Wagoner, suffered a fifty per cent permanent partial disability to the body as a whole. The single question on appeal is whether there is substantial evidence to support that finding.

Appellants, being the employer and the insurance carrier, insist that because of unusual circumstances we should “search the record, weigh the evidence, determine where the preponderance lies and decide whether there is substantial evidence . . . .” The…