Messer v. Drees

PALMORE, Judge.

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case involving the reopening provision of KRS 342.125(1). The employe appeals from a judgment of the circuit court sustaining the action of the board in dismissing his application because there was insufficient indication of a mistake or change in conditions to establish grounds for reopening.

The appellant, Claud C. Messer, was a heavy equipment operator and at the time of the accident was 44 years old. He had been a steady worker. On August 4, 1960, while operating a backhoe, he was struck on the left front side of his head by a 6-pound clevis,…