PER CURIAM.
In this workers' compensation appeal the employer challenges a finding of 50% permanent partial disability based upon loss of wage earning capacity. We find that the Deputy Commissioner improperly took notice of surrounding economic conditions and reverse.
The claimant was employed as a foreman by U.S. Sugar in its farming operations. In September, 1977, while adjusting a plow, the claimant felt a pain in his lower back. The pain persisted and...
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