Reliance Diecasting Co. v. Freeman

CULLEN, Commissioner.

The Workmen’s Compensation Board awarded Theron Freeman compensation for total permanent disability by reason of a herniated disc found by the board to have been caused by an accident on April 12, 1969, when Freeman fell from a stepladder while performing janitorial work for his employer, Reliance Diecasting Company. The board directed that compensation be paid commencing from the date of disability but terminating 425 weeks from the date of the accident, KRS 342.095. The employer appealed to the circuit court, maintaining that Freeman’s claim should have been rejected…