Case Name: JONES, Appellant, v. STEVE WILSON CO., Respondent
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1972-06-23
Citations: 10 Or. App. 7
Docket Number: 
Parties: JONES, Appellant, v. STEVE WILSON CO., Respondent.
Judges: Before Schwab, Chief Jndge, and Langtry and Thornton, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 10
Pages: 7–8

Head Matter:
Argued May 30,
affirmed June 23, 1972
JONES, Appellant, v. STEVE WILSON CO., Respondent.
498 P2d 387
Robert II. Grant, Medford, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Grant & Ferguson, Medford.
Patrick Ford, Medford, argned the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Ford & Cowling, Medford.
Before Schwab, Chief Jndge, and Langtry and Thornton, Judges.

Opinion:
PEE CUEIAM.
Claimant appeals from a circuit court order denying him permanent total disability in a workmen's compensation claim. The sole issue is whether or not a substantial back and leg injury which claimant incurred in February of 1969 has made him permanently and totally disabled.
Briefly stated, the facts are that following this injury for which he received a substantial award, a total of 143 degrees, he returned to work and worked regularly albeit with some discomfort for a period of eight months at the job he had held prior to his injury. He then suffered a form of heart attack and has not worked since. The issue of whether or not the heart attack was a compensable injury and whether it, coupled with the prior injury, made the claimant permanently and totally disabled is not before us.
Suffice it to say we have reviewed the record and we are satisfied that but for the heart attack the claimant would not be permanently and totally disabled if, in fact, he is now in such a condition. This being the situation, it follows that the circuit court correctly denied his claim that he was permanently and totally disabled as the result of the back and leg injury.
Affirmed.