Elkhorn Coal Co. v. Stout

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

Harrison Stout suffered industrial blindness as tbe result of lightning striking a tree above tbe mine and the electricity passing through a crevice in the earth down 112 feet to where he was working. We held the injury compensable and directed a judgment ordering the Workmen’s Compensation Board “to render an award in accordance with the proof in the case, and for other proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.” Stout v. Elkhorn Coal Company, 289 Ky. 736, 160 S. W. (2d) 31, 33. The circuit court accordingly remanded the case to the…