JOHNSON v. ELKHORN & JELLICO COAL COMPANY


479 S.W.2d 582 (1972)

Everett JOHNSON, Appellant, v. ELKHORN & JELLICO COAL COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 31, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.W. Napier, Jr., Hazard, for appellant.

Richard C. Ward, Reeves, Barret, Cooper, & Ward, Hazard, for appellees.


NEIKIRK, Judge.

The Workmen's Compensation Board, in an opinion and award dated June 7, 1971, dismissed Everett Johnson's claim against Elkhorn & Jellico Coal Company for compensation for total and permanent disability. The Letcher Circuit Court affirmed. Johnson appeals. We affirm.

The appellant was employed by appellee Elkhorn & Jellico Coal Company. He testified that on the morning of May 17, 1968, while pitching timbers from a shuttle buggy, he...

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