Francis v. Amalgamated Sugar Co.

The claimant appellant Merle Francis has appealed from an order of the Industrial Commission awarding him less than a permanent total disability rating and benefits. This appeal is governed by the opinion which we have recently issued following rehearing in the case of Lyons v. Industrial Special Indemnity Fund, State of Idaho, 98 Idaho 403, 565 P.2d 1360 (1977).

The claimant, who was employed as an electrician by respondent Amalgamated Sugar Co., was injured when he was pinned beneath the transmission of a switch engine when the transmission slipped as he was doing maintenance and repair…