Legal Opinion
Whitis v. Southern Belle Dairy, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided December 6, 1968PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CULLEN, Commissioner.
William Harold Whitis, a common laborer, made a claim for workmen’s compensation for disability from a back injury. Upon the hearing of his claim there was evidence indicating that he had a preexisting dormant nondisabling disease condition which was brought into disabling reality by an accident in his employment. See KRS 342.120(1) (b). Accordingly, the Workmen’s Compensation Board appointed a physician under KRS 342.121 to examine Whitis and make a report. The physician, Dr. T. R. Miller, reported that Whitis’s percentage of disability was “10 percent to the body as a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Osborne v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968
- Deby Coal Company v. CaldwellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1964
- Ed Hall Drilling Co. v. ProfittCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968
- Kilgore v. Goose Creek Coal CompanyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1965
- Baier v. SchnellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1959
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Ruby Construction Company v. CurlingCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1970
- Oaks v. Beth-Elkhorn Corp.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1969
- Ira Ray Clark v. Karst-Robbins Coal Co., Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., and Director, Owcp, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
- Purex Corp./Ferry-Morse Seed Co. v. BryantCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1979