Young v. South-East Coal Co.

REED, Judge.

In this workmen’s compensation case we are again confronted with the issue concerning the liability of the Special Fund *317where a pre-existing bodily condition has accentuated the consequences of an industrial injury.

Floyd Roberts, a 56-year-old coal miner, was injured in the course of his occupation while lifting steel rails. The evidence established and the Workmen’s Compensation Board found that Roberts was permanently and totally disabled. There is no dispute about that. The Board determined that 90 per cent of the disability was due to the traumatic arousal of a dormant,…