Department of Mines & Minerals v. Castle

MILLIKEN,. Justice.

Sterling Castle, a man forty-seven years of age, had been a coal miner all his working life until he was employed by the appellant as a mine inspector. On November 12, 1946, while working for -the ’appellant, the appellee was injured when a truck of appellant in which he was -rilding turned over, resulting in a compound fracture of the appellee’s right leg and other injuries. Appellee testified that the break was about two inches above his knee, and as a result his leg is stiff and it is appoximately two inches shorter than the other leg. Because he was unable to do the…