SIZEMORE MINING COMPANY v. TACKETT


551 S.W.2d 22 (1977)

SIZEMORE MINING COMPANY, Appellant, v. Winston TACKETT and Workmen's Compensation Board, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Discretionary Review Granted June 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Francis, Francis, Kazee & Francis, Prestonsburg, for appellant.

C. G. Perry, Paintsville, for appellee.

Before WINTERSHEIMER, MARTIN and WILHOIT, JJ.


WINTERSHEIMER, Judge.

This appeal was taken from a judgment of the Floyd Circuit Court entered July 6, 1976, confirming a Workmen's Compensation Board award of 100% occupational disability to Plaintiff/Appellee Winston Tackett. The claim is made by a thirty-two year old man with an eighth grade education and three dependents, who injured his back on October 31, 1974, when he fell against a coal loading machine while working in an underground mine. Four physicians...

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