Young v. Vanover

OSBORNE, Judge.

This is an appeal from the Pike Circuit Court in which the circuit court upheld the Workmen’s Compensation Board’s finding of total and permanent disability and the awarding of maximum compensation benefits, but ruled adversely to the Board’s finding that all of the disability was attributable to the traumatic event of January 23, 1969. The court found that the liability should have been apportioned between the employer and the Special Fund.

The first issue raised by the appellants is that the claimant’s wages were not sufficient to justify maximum compensation. The claimant and…