YOUNG v. HALL


485 S.W.2d 529 (1972)

John W. YOUNG, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Labor, et al., Appellants, v. Manuel HALL and Kentucky Workmen's Compensation Board, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

September 22, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gemma M. Harding, Department of Labor, Louisville, for appellant John W. Young, Commissioner.

Fred G. Francis, Prestonsburg, for appellant Little Elkhorn Coal Co.

Perry & Greene, Paintsville, for appellee Manuel Hall.


GARDNER, Commissioner.

Manuel Hall was awarded compensation for total and permanent disability by the Workmen's Compensation Board, the award was upheld by the Floyd Circuit Court, and the Special Fund and the employer appeal. We reverse.

Hall was employed in underground coal mining for many years. In November 1967 he left the coal mining business because, as he says, "He was so short of breath he wasn't able to...

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