MENGEL v. HAWAIIAN-TROPIC NORTHWEST & CENTRAL


618 S.W.2d 184 (1981)

William Brittingham MENGEL, Appellant, v. HAWAIIAN-TROPIC NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL DISTRIBUTORS, INC. and/or Don Faughn Enterprises, Inc.; Meridian Mutual Insurance Co.; and the Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Watson, Louisville, for appellant.

Wm. Donald Overbey, Overbey & Overbey, Murray, for appellees.

Before LESTER, McDONALD and REYNOLDS, JJ.


REVERSING WITH DIRECTIONS

McDONALD, Judge:

This is a Workers' Compensation case in which the trial court affirmed the board's denial of the appellant's claim of occupational disability due to a back injury.

The appellant claims to have initially injured his back in June of 1976, when he stepped into a hole in the floor of the appellee's warehouse while moving a pallet loaded with merchandise. His left leg was cut as it went through the floor. Dr...

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