Cooper Industrial Products, Inc. v. Worth

Lyle Brown, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The crucial question is whether an injury to the right knee rendered claimant permanently and totally disabled. Appellant contends (1) that there is no substantial evidence to support the commission’s finding of total and permanent disability, (2) that claimant received a scheduled injury which cannot be related to the body as a whole, and (3) that under the facts in the case claimant is limited to an award of $19,500, based on the theory that if she is permanently disabled, it was caused by a succession of injuries.

Appellee-claimant…