ISLAND CREEK COAL COMPANY v. TAYLOR


468 S.W.2d 318 (1971)

ISLAND CREEK COAL COMPANY, Appellant, v. Ray TAYLOR and Workmen's Compensation Board of Kentucky, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 11, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwards R. Hays, Wm. J. Baird, Baird & Hays, Pikeville, for appellant.

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


REED, Judge.

In this workmen's compensation case the plaintiff-appellee, a 38-year-old worker, was caught in a roof fall while engaged in his occupation. His left chest was crushed, his left lung was punctured and collapsed, several ribs on his left and right sides were fractured, his left scapula was fractured, his heart was contused and he sustained a severe compressed fracture of T-12 vertebra. Plaintiff testified that the injuries caused him constant pain to work...

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