Land v. Peabody Coal Co.

HOWARD, Judge.

The Special Fund appeals from a judgment in the Ohio Circuit Court, said judgment affirming in part and reversing in part an award by the Workers’ Compensation Board. The Board found Mr. Johnson to be 100% occupationally disabled and apportioned this disability two-thirds to the employer, Peabody Coal Company, and one-third to the Special Fund. The Board also *502found Mr. Johnson to have been temporarily totally disabled by reason of injury alone from June 8, 1976 to August 17, 1978. These temporary benefits were the liability of the employer.

The trial court held that the Board…