MELCHER v. DRUMMOND MFG. CO.


229 S.W.2d 52 (1950)

312 Ky. 589

MELCHER v. DRUMMOND MFG. CO. et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Edrington, Louisville, for appellant.

Davis, Boehl, Viser & Marcus, Louisville, for appellees.


SIMS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court, Common Pleas Branch, Third Division, affirming an award of the Workmen's Compensation Board, hereinafter referred to as the Board. Fred C. Melcher suffered permanent total disability as a result of a hernia received in the course of his employment, for which the Board awarded him $15 per week for 52 weeks because under KRS 342.025 he refused to submit to an operation offered by...

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