TOLSON v. PRATT BROS. COAL CO.


574 S.W.2d 920 (1978)

Emery TOLSON, Appellant, v. PRATT BROTHERS COAL COMPANY, James R. Yocom, Commissioner of Labor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and Custodian of the Special Fund, and Workmen's Compensation Board of Kentucky, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Discretionary Review Denied January 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grayson Johnson, Hindman, for appellant.

Richard Ward, Craft, Barrett, Haynes & Ward, Hazard, for appellee, Pratt Bros. Coal Co.

Kenneth E. Hollis, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Labor, Frankfort, John Riehl, Jr., Dept. of Labor, Louisville, for special fund.

Before GANT, COOPER and HOGGE, JJ.


GANT, Judge.

This is an appeal from a Letcher Circuit Court order reducing an award of the Workmen's Compensation Board from $59.00 per week to $29.50 per week for 50% permanent partial disability resulting from pneumoconiosis. The only question before us is the proper method of computing the award.

Appellant Tolson is 43 years old, married, has seven children and on the date of last exposure, August 23, 1974, he was making an average weekly wage of $270.00...

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