Kentucky Unemployment Ins. Commission v. Henry Fischer Packing Co.

STEWART, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the lower court reversing an order of the Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Commission granting benefits to Jesse Whalen, now 43 years of age. See KRS Chapter 341., The claimant had been in the employ of appellee, Henry Fischer Packing Company, hereinafter referred to as “the company,” for four and one-half years as a butcher and scriber. His duties required him to use sharp knives in close proximity to his fellow employees. On June 1, 1950, Whalen suffered a seizure of epilepsy while working. He collapsed and fell against a protruding bolt,…