PRINCESS COALS INCORPORATED v. STAPLETON


435 S.W.2d 62 (1968)

PRINCESS COALS INCORPORATED, Appellant, v. Curtis STAPLETON et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing December 6, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred G. Francis, Howard, Francis & Howard, Prestonsburg, for appellant.

G. C. Perry, III, Perry & Taylor, Paintsville, for appellees.


MILLIKEN, Judge.

The question involved here is whether the Workmen's Compensation Board calculated its award under the proper section of the Compensation Act.

The claimant, Curtis Stapleton, a thirty-five-year-old coal miner, lost his middle finger on his right hand and received serious injury to three other fingers in an accident on September 3, 1965, and the Board based its award on the section of the Act governing...

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