Pioneer Coal Co. v. Sparks

SIMS, Justice.

Appellee, John Sparks, had his left kneecap broken in a mine accident on Sept. 16, 1946. In 1942 he had suffered a gunshot wound in his left hip which incapacitated him from work for a couple of years, and caused him to' walk with a limp. However, at the time of his accident in 1946, ‘he was, and had been for some years,, efficiently performing the work ordinarily accomplished by a physically sound man.

The Workmen’s Compensation Board' found that appellee’s injuries from the-mine accident extended to his body as a whole and caused him to suffer total permanent disability.…