Johnson Drilling & Trucking Co. v. Johnson

WADDILL, Commissioner.

The principal question on this appeal is whether the Knott Circuit Court erred in directing the Workmen’s Compensation Board to permit appellee, Denver Johnson, to take the deposition of the physician who was appointed pursuant to KRS 342.121 for the purpose of investigating and reporting to the board the medical questions involved.

Denver Johnson sustained an injury to his back on July 2, 1966, which allegedly arose out of and in the course of his employment with the appellant, Johnson Drilling and Trucking Company, hereinafter referred to as Drilling Company.…