Blue Diamond Coal Co. v. Walters

SIMS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Perry Circuit Court sustaining the Workmen’s Compensation Board’s award of $27 per week to appellee, Dorsie Walters, for a period not to exceed ten years, nor to exceed $11,500, for total permanent disability. There is no contrariety in the facts and the only question raised in briefs is whether or not Walters’ injuries arose out of and were received in the course of his employment. KRS 342.001 et seq.

The accident happened early in the afternoon of August 20, 1954. Appellee was a yard brakeman on appellant’s motor train in its switchyard…