Deby Coal Co. v. Roark

STEWART, Chief Justice.

On August 14, 1959, Bill Roark, appellee herein, while working for appellant, Deby Coal Company, as a coal cutter and loader, was injured in the latter’s mine. The accident occurred when appellee was caught between a coal car and a mine timber. For five days appellee was paralyzed from the hip down. He was hospitalized for ten days and released, with instructions to sleep on a hoard. On December 22, 1959, as a result of his examination by Dr. Harvey Chenault of Lexington, he was fitted with a combination truss and brace, the brace supporting his waist and hips up to his…