Brown v. Western Electric Co.

OPINION

JAMES W. PARROTT, Special Justice.

In this worker’s compensation case, appellant Western Electric Company insists that it be given a setoff or credit against worker’s compensation benefits because appellant made weekly payments to plaintiff-employee of an amount equivalent to employee’s earnings.

The chancellor found that plaintiff had sustained a back injury in the course of his employment and awarded fifty (50) percent permanent partial disability. The chancellor’s decree required worker’s compensation payments of $119.00 per week for 200 weeks. Western Electric has continued to pay…