Peoples v. Henry Co.

This is a workers’ compensation case. Henry Company and its insurer appeal an order of the circuit court finding its employee, Samuel K. Peoples, sustained an injury arising out of and in the course of employment and awarding him compensation for sixty-eight percent permanent partial disability to his right lower extremity. We affirm.

FACTS

Peoples, a forty-three year old man with a high school education, worked for Henry Company for twenty-three years. An accident at work in 1999 resulted in a rupture of his Achilles tendon. He underwent two surgeries and a third one was recommended. Peoples…