Yocom v. Conley

HOWERTON, Judge.

Edward Eugene Conley suffered an injury to his back when he fell approximately thirty-five to forty feet while working as a lineman for General Telephone Company of Kentucky. Conley had suffered a previous injury for which he had received a settlement of Workmen’s Compensation benefits based upon a 20% disability of the body as a whole.

For his present disability, the Workmen’s Compensation Board found that Conley was 80% permanently disabled and determined that 50% of this 80% was an active occupational disability which existed immediately prior to the injury. Thus, only the…