SCHNEIDER v. PUTNAM


579 S.W.2d 370 (1979)

Al J. SCHNEIDER, d/b/a Executive Inn Motel, et al., Movants, v. Curtis PUTNAM, Jr., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

March 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Swain, Larry L. Johnson, Boehl, Stopher, Graves & Deindoerfer, Louisville, for appellants.

W. David Klingman, Frockt & Klingman, Louisville, Donald Campbell, Director, Workmen's Compensation Bd., William F. Gadd, Dept. of Labor, Robert F. Stephens, Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellees.


PALMORE, Chief Justice.

The appellee, Curtis Putnam, Jr., at the age of 36 years, suffered a back injury while performing manual labor as a receiving clerk for food products at the Executive Inn in Louisville. At the time of the injury he had a pre-existing but as yet nondisabling degenerative condition of the spine. As a combined result of the injury and the dormant pre-existing condition it was necessary for him to have surgery to remove an intervertebral disc,...

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