N. G. Gilbert Corp. v. Russell

DAVIS, Commissioner.

The Workmen’s Compensation Board granted Robert Russell an award providing for benefits based on permanent total disability. His employer, the appellant, attacked that ruling in the circuit court where it was affirmed. This appeal challenges the propriety of the circuit court’s ruling. The narrow question as formulated and stated in appellant’s brief is: “Whether a compensation claimant may undertake to make a prognosis concerning his own injuries?’’ The claimant contends that the question is not aptly put and that there was no effort by the claimant to make a prognosis…