Purchase Area Economic Opportunity Council, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Board

STEINFELD, Judge.

This is an appeal by an employer from a judgment of the Calloway Circuit Court affirming an order of the Kentucky Workmen’s Compensation Board. The board found that Roach’s “trouble is mental” and that he “ * * * had no pre-existing dormant non-disabling disease condition capable of being aroused into disabling reality by subsequent injury.” It dismissed the claim against the appellee, Special Fund, and assessed liability for permanent total disability and for medical expenses against the employer. We reverse.

Appellee, Olis Roach age 59, was injured and the driver was killed…