Hecla Mining Co. v. Industrial Commission

WREN, Judge.

Petitioners seek review of an award granting unscheduled permanent partial disability to respondent employee, Carl L. Cook. Two issues have been raised: (1) whether the medical opinion upon which the award was based was speculative and conjectural and therefore insufficient to support the award; and (2) whether it was error to award permanent disability based on an evaluation that took place prior to the stationary date. We have determined that petitioners’ argument on the second issue is well-taken and therefore set aside the award.

The respondent employee, Carl L. Cook, injured…