YOCOM v. MILISH


497 S.W.2d 702 (1973)

James R. YOCOM, Commissioner of Labor and Custodian of the Special Fund, Appellant, v. Earl MILISH et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 1, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gemma M. Harding, Dept. of Labor, Louisville, Robert D. Hawkins, Chief Counsel, Dept. of Labor, Frankfort, for appellant.

Joseph V. Mobley, Jr., Louisville, for appellee Earl Milish.

James M. Graves, William P. Swain, Boehl, Stopher, Graves & Deindoerfer, Louisville, for appellee C. W. Transport, Inc., and Argonaut Ins. Co.


STEPHENSON, Justice.

Milish filed claim with the Workmen's Compensation Board alleging a low-back injury in the course of his employment. The Board concluded in its opinion and award that Milish was 100 percent disabled, that 80 percent of the disability resulted from "conversion reaction," a preexisting disease condition brought into disabling reality by the injury, and 20 percent caused by the traumatic injury. The award was "open end" and directed proportional...

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