YOCOM v. HICKS


494 S.W.2d 733 (1973)

James R. YOCOM, Commissioner of Labor, etc., and B & R Coal Company, Appellants, v. William Roy HICKS et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

April 20, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gemma M. Harding, Dept. of Labor, Louisville, Charles R. Luker, Luker, Luker & Roberts, London, for appellants.

Neville Smith, Manchester, for appellees.


CATINNA, Commissioner.

The Workmen's Compensation Board dismissed a claim filed by William Roy Hicks against B & R Coal Company for compensation for permanent and total disability caused by the occupational disease of silicosis. Hicks appealed to the Clay Circuit Court where the Board's decision was reversed and the action remanded to the Board for a re-evaluation of the percentage of disability resulting from Hicks' occupational disease. The Special Fund and...

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