National Impact Metal Corp. v. Huffstatler

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice.

In this workmen’s compensation case, Mrs. Lellar Huffstatler claimed that she received an accidental injury by electric shock in her employment for National Impact Metal Corporation, resulting in a psychoneurosis or conversion reaction and an accompanying inability to use her right hand and arm. The Workmen’s Compensation Commission adopted the opinion of the attorney referee and denied compensation benefits. The Circuit Court of Union County reversed and awarded twenty per cent permanent partial disability.

The Commission is the trier of facts, and its order will be…