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PUCKETT v. MINTER DRILLING CO.

No. 44,338

196 Kan. 196 (1966)

410 P.2d 414

FORREST PUCKETT, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. C.K. MINTER DRILLING COMPANY and UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 22, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Hite, of Wichita, argued the cause, and William A. Kahrs, Robert H. Nelson, H.W. Fanning, Darrell D. Kellogg and Roger Sherwood, all of Wichita, were with him on the brief for the appellants and cross-appellees.

Ted R. Morgan, of Lakin, argued the cause, and was on the brief for the appellee and cross-appellant.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

FONTRON, J.:

This is a workmen's compensation case. The claimant, Forrest Puckett, was employed as an oil field driller by the respondent, C.K. Minter Drilling Company. While so employed, he was struck on the side of the head by a heavy bushing, as a result of which he received a concussion, skull fracture and serious injury to his back.

At a hearing before the workmen's compensation examiner, where it was...

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