WHITIS v. SOUTHERN BELLE DAIRY, INC.


434 S.W.2d 645 (1968)

Harold William WHITIS, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN BELLE DAIRY, INC., et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 6, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fritz Krueger, Somerset, for appellant.

J. Keller Whitaker, Workmen's Compensation Board, Frankfort, V. O. Blackburn, Somerset, Thomas R. Emerson, Dept. of Labor, Special Fund, Frankfort, for appellees.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

William Harold Whitis, a common laborer, made a claim for workmen's compensation for disability from a back injury. Upon the hearing of his claim there was evidence indicating that he had a preexisting dormant nondisabling disease condition which was brought into disabling reality by an accident in his employment. See KRS 342.120(1) (b). Accordingly, the Workmen's Compensation Board appointed a physician under KRS 342.121 to examine Whitis and...

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