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YOCOM v. HOPKINS

548 S.W.2d 151 (1977)

James R. YOCOM, Commissioner of Labor and custodian of the Special Fund, Appellant, v. Stacy E. HOPKINS et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 4, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gemma M. Harding, Dept. of Labor, Louisville, for appellant.

Kelsey E. Friend, Pikeville, for appellee Stacy Hopkins.

Baird & Baird, Pikeville, for appellee Mill Branch Coal Co.

William L. Huffman, Director, Workmen's Compensation Board, Frankfort, for appellee Workmen's Compensation Bd.

Before WILHOIT, WHITE and WINTERSHEIMER, JJ.

WILHOIT, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of the Pike Circuit Court reversing an award of the Workmen's Compensation Board as it related to the computation and apportionment of liability.

The Board found the claimant, Stacy E. Hopkins, to be 100 percent permanently disabled. It found that 5 percent of this disability was due to an injury sustained by him in 1973 and that 50 percent was due to an injury sustained in 1974. Both injuries took place while...

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