Legal Opinion

Rakes v. Wright Cooperative Exchange

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided December 12, 1959No. 41,721PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This is a workmen’s compensation case, and the employer and its insurance carrier appeal from the award.

The' only question involved,is whether the finding that the workman sustained a five per cent permanent partial disability is supported by any substantial evidence.

The facts surrounding the accidental injury and resulting dis ability need not be detailed. It is sufficient to say that on March 5, 1956, the workman, a truck driver, while assisting in loading oats with the use of a mechanical grain auger, fell astraddle the auger and it struck…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Weimer v. Sauder Tank Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1959
  2. LaRue v. Sierra Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1958
  3. Snedden v. NicholsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1957

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Phillips v. Skelly Oil Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1962
  2. Bowler v. Elmdale Developing Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1959
  3. McCarty v. Great Bend Board of EducationSupreme Court of Kansas · 1965
  4. Strasser v. JonesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1960
  5. Cooper v. MorrisSupreme Court of Kansas · 1960

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