PIONEER COAL CO. v. SPARKS


249 S.W.2d 725 (1952)

PIONEER COAL CO. v. SPARKS et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 13, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patterson & Wilson, Pineville, for appellant.

W. R. Knuckles, W. J. Stone, Pineville, for appellees.


SIMS, Justice.

Appellee, John Sparks, had his left kneecap broken in a mine accident on Sept. 16, 1946. In 1942 he had suffered a gunshot wound in his left hip which incapacitated him from work for a couple of years and caused him to walk with a limp. However, at the time of his accident in 1946, he was, and had been for some years, efficiently performing the work ordinarily accomplished by a physically sound man.

The Workmen's Compensation Board found that...

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