United States Coal & Coke Co. v. Lloyd

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Cammack

Affirming.

This appeal is from a judgment awarding Henry Lloyd compensation for total disability because of an injury which he sustained to his back in the appellant’s mine in October, 1943. We are asked to reverse the judgment because. (1) the Compensation Board erred in refusing to allow the Company to take additional proof; (2) Lloyd should-have been required to submit to a corrective operation; and (3) the award is not supported by substantial evidence.

Lloyd received his injury while he was placing a cross collar, or bar, in the mine. After the injury he…