BETHLEHEM MINES CORPORATION v. HALL


379 S.W.2d 58 (1964)

BETHLEHEM MINES CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Harold HALL and Workmen's Compensation Board of Kentucky, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 12, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry C. Campbell, Pikeville, for appellant.

Thurman L. Hibbitts, Pikeville, J. Keller Whitaker, Frankfort, for Workmen's Compensation Bd.


PALMORE, Judge.

Appellee, Harold Hall, is totally disabled by reason of a herniated disc. The consensus of opinion among the medical witnesses who examined him and are familiar with the case history is that the disability can be minimized by surgery and that the prospects of a successful result justify the operation. All agree that this type of surgery would be termed a "major operation"1 but that the danger to life and limb from its proper...

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