Couliette v. International Harvester Co.

PALMORE, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the claimant appeals from a judgment sustaining a final order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board awarding temporary but denying permanent benefits.

The claimant injured his knee while at work on December 1, 1973. Surgery was required, and it is undisputed that the injury has left him with a permanent functional impairment (insofar as it is attributable to the accident alone) of some 5% to the body as a whole. However, following the period of temporary disability the claimant returned to his regular employment with no decrease in…