Hester v. Ridings

This is a workmen's compensation case.

The trial court, sitting without a jury, awarded plaintiff benefits for temporary total disability and ten percent permanent partial disability. The court additionally found that these recoverable amounts should be doubled pursuant to §25-5-8 (e), Code of Alabama (1975). The defendant appeals from the judgment. We affirm.

The defendant first contends that the evidence at trial was insufficient to support a finding of ten percent permanent partial disability. In a workmen's compensation case we do not review the weight or preponderance of the evidence but…