LIBERTY ENGINEERING & MFG. CO. v. GRANGER


548 S.W.2d 845 (1977)

LIBERTY ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Appellant, v. Donald R. GRANGER, and Workmen's Compensation Board of Kentucky, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. W. Swinford, Stoll, Keenon & Park, Lexington, for appellant.

Thomas E. Harris, Fowler, Rouse, Measle & Bell, Lexington, for appellees.

Before MARTIN, C. J., and VANCE and WILHOIT, JJ.


VANCE, Judge.

The question presented by this appeal is whether a worker who has sustained an injury of appreciable proportions but who has returned to work at an increase in pay may be awarded permanent-partial benefits in excess of his functional disability rating.

Under Osborne v. Johnson, Ky., 432 S.W.2d 800 (1968), loss of earnings was established as the measure of occupational disability but even where no immediate...

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