Edgewater Coal Company v. Ramey

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Affirming.

On March 29, 1927, the appellee, while working for the appellant Edgewater Coal Company, was struck in the right eye by a small piece of coal. It is conceded that this accident arose out of and in the course of his employment. A slight ulcer on the cornea of the eye resulted due to a slight infection in the wound caused by the coal hitting the eye. The ulcer yielded to treatment, and in course of time was healed and cured. There was a slight scar left on the cornea. About a year later apxiellee, whose right eye had in the meantime become…