TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY v. HAWKS


517 S.W.2d 740 (1974)

The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellants, v. Fred T. HAWKS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied February 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Armer H. Mahan, Jr., Louisville, for appellant.

Wilton P. Long, Jr., Speckman, Burbank & Long, Louisville, for appellee.


JAMES PARK, Jr., Special Commissioner.

On December 12, 1967, while employed by the General Electric Company, the plaintiff-appellee, Fred T. Hawks, was struck in the right eye by a broken spring from an automatic grinder. For an extended period of time, Hawks received medical treatment which attempted to restore vision to the injured eye. However, Hawks was discharged on December 21, 1970, with an uncorrected loss of visual...

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