Adams & Mulberry Corp. v. Bolston

PALMORE, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the circuit court sustained an award for permanent total disability assessed entirely against the appellant employer. The claimant and the Special Fund are appellees.

The evidence was amply sufficient to support the finding that the claimant is totally and permanently disabled. For our purposes it may be assumed also that the injury alone would not have produced any degree of permanent disability had it not been for his pre-existing condition. The board-appointed physician (KRS 342.121) found the pre-existing condition to be…