Allied Corp. v. Hornsby

DUNN, Judge:

This appeal is from the Boyd Circuit Court Judgment affirming the Opinion and Award of the Workers’ Compensation Board which found the appellee, Colin Hornsby, 100% permanently occupationally disabled.

Appellee Hornsby began employment with appellant Allied Corporation in October, 1974. He was injured at work on August 28, 1975, while attempting to lift a door plate that had fallen off a coke oven in Allied’s plant. Hornsby felt severe pain in his low back while attempting to lift the door plate and was immediately sent to the hospital. After x-rays of his back were taken, Hornsby,…