Low Moisture Coal Co. v. Vandiver

CAMMACK, Justice.

J. R. Vandiver received a compensable injury while working for the Low Moisture Coal Company, in November, 1948. The Company immediately began paying Vandiver compensation for temporary total disability. A more liberal adjustment was made in the allowance for medical expenses. After paying compensation for temporary total disability for a period of 56 weeks, a settlement was concluded between the parties under which it was agreed that Vandiver was no longer totally disabled, and that he had a 27.5 per cent permanent disability to the body as a whole. An agreement was entered…