Jim Walter Resources, Inc. v. Hall

This is a workmen's compensation case.

The employee was injured in a mining accident in the course of his employment on October 4, 1983, and sought workmen's compensation benefits.

Following ore tenus proceedings, the learned trial judge found that, as a result of his job-related injuries, the employee had sustained "a degree of permanent partial reduction of his earning capacity at eighty percent." The trial court awarded the employee workmen's compensation based upon this determination.

The employer appeals. We reverse and remand.

At the outset we note that workmen's compensation cases come…