YOUNG v. SWINNEY


464 S.W.2d 237 (1971)

John W. YOUNG, Commissioner of Labor, etc., and Ferrells Creek Coal Company, Appellants, v. Johnny SWINNEY and Workmen's Compensation Board of Kentucky, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 5, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Emerson, Martin Glazer, Department of Labor, Frankfort, E. R. Hays, Baird & Hays, Pikeville, for appellants.

Dan Jack Combs, Reed D. Anderson, Pikeville, for appellees.


REED, Judge.

John Swinney, an employee of Ferrells Creek Coal Company, injured his back while engaged in the duties of his employment as a coal miner. He filed a claim for benefits provided by the Workmen's Compensation Act. The Workmen's Compensation Board determined Swinney's disability to be 45 per cent permanent partial from the date of the work-connected injury; 15 per cent of this determined disability was allocated...

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