Illini Exploration, Inc. v. Ashby

EDWARD P. HILL, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment approving an award by the Workmen’s Compensation Board allowing Richard Arnett Ashby total permanent disability for the loss of a part of his left arm under KRS 342.110(2), upon the theory, as found by the Board, that Ashby’s disability extends beyond the loss of a part of his arm to the body as a whole so that it adversely affects his general ability to labor and limits his occupational opportunities to obtain the kind of work he is customarily able to do.

The appellant takes the position that Ashby is entitled only to compensation for…