Holland v. Childers Coal Company

PALMORE, Judge.

The appellant, Lonnie Holland, sustained a relatively minor physical injury from an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment as a coal loader in a mine. The injury resulted in a permanent functional impairment of approximately 10%. This physical impairment, however, precipitated or “triggered” a psychosomatic mental condition from which Holland was completely (though probably temporarily) disabled and confined in a mental institution at the time the hearing on his workmen’s compensation claim was concluded. He appeals from a judgment confirming an award of…