YOCOM v. PIERCE


534 S.W.2d 796 (1976)

James R. YOCOM, Commissioner of Labor and Custodian of Special Fund, Appellant, v. Ernestine PIERCE et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

February 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Cornett, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Labor, Frankfort, Timothy P. O'Mara, Asst. Counsel, Dept. of Labor, Louisville, for appellant.

Craig Housman, Charles A. Williams & Associates, Richard C. Roberts, Thomas B. Russell, Threlkeld, Whitlow & Roberts, Paducah, for appellees.


STERNBERG, Justice.

This is an appeal from a final order of the Graves Circuit Court affirming the opinion and award of the Workmen's Compensation Board, which granted claimant Ernestine Pierce compensation for a permanent partial disability.

Mrs. Pierce is 48 years of age and had worked for the Merit Clothing Company for almost 30 years. On February 6, 1973, while working at her job as a ticket operator, she suffered a nervous breakdown and has not been able...

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