Young v. Bartley

NEIKIRK, Judge.

Cecil Bartley, a 51-year-old coal miner, sustained an injury to the lower region of his back as he was lifting a heavy timber while employed by Island Creek Coal Company. Some three months after the injury he returned to work in the mine but was unable to perform the heavy work that his job entailed. Bartley filed a claim with the Workmen’s Compensation Board seeking compensation for his injury. The Special Fund was made a party.

The Board awarded Bartley compensation for a three-month period of temporary total disability and for 50% permanent partial disability, to be paid by…