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MATTER OF INJURY TO CARPENTER

Nos. 87-37, 87-38.

736 P.2d 311 (1987)

In the Matter of the INJURY TO Melvin D. CARPENTER, an Employee of Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company. (Two Cases) MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Appellant (Employer-Defendant), v. Melvin D. CARPENTER, Appellee (Employee-Claimant). Melvin D. CARPENTER, Appellant (Employee-Claimant), v. MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Appellee (Employer-Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

May 1, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Nardi of Ross & Ross, Cheyenne, for Melvin D. Carpenter.

John M. Walker and Paul J. Hickey of Rooney, Bagley, Hickey, Evans & Statkus, Cheyenne, for Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co.

Before BROWN, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE, URBIGKIT and MACY, JJ.

MACY, Justice.

The district court awarded Melvin Carpenter 15% permanent partial disability benefits under the Wyoming Worker's Compensation Act. On appeal, the employer, Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company, objects that the award was not supported by the evidence, while Carpenter complains that the trial judge improperly relied exclusively upon medical evidence of his disability.

We affirm.

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