YOUNG v. WRIGHT


474 S.W.2d 76 (1971)

John W. YOUNG, Commissioner, Appellant, v. Torrence WRIGHT et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 3, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gemma M. Harding, Dept. of Labor, Louisville, Martin Glazer, Thomas R. Emerson, Dept. of Labor, Frankfort, for appellant.

Fred G. Francis, Prestonsburg, G. C. Perry, III, Paintsville, J. Keller Whitaker, Workmen's Compensation Board, Frankfort, for appellees.


VANCE, Commissioner.

This is a workmen's compensation case in which we are called upon once again to consider the liability of the Special Fund for apportionment under KRS 342.120.

Torrence Wright received an injury to his back growing out of his employment on July 22, 1968. Prior to this injury he had a defect of the back described by various medical witnesses as a weakness, a congenital defect, spina bifida, a rotation scoliosis, a twelfth rib and a deformity...

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