Island Creek Coal Co. v. Taylor

REED, Judge.

In this workmen’s compensation case the plaintiff-appellee, a 38-year-old worker, was caught in a roof fall while engaged in his occupation. His left chest was crushed, his left lung was punctured and collapsed, several ribs on his left and right sides were fractured, his left scapula was fractured, his heart was contused and he sustained a severe compressed fracture of T-12 vertebra. Plaintiff testified that the injuries caused him constant pain to work and he had to take pain-killing pills throughout the day. The preponderance of medical testimony indicated that plaintiff has a…