Deby Coal Company v. Caldwell

PALMORE, Judge.

Deby Coal Company and the Subsequent Claim Fund appeal from a judgment of the Leslie Circuit Court raising from 50% to 100% the degree of permanent disability for which the Workmen’s Compensation Board had awarded compensation to the appellee, Millard Caldwell.

Caldwell suffered a ruptured interverte-bral disc while working at hard labor in the company’s coal mine. The injured nucleous was thereafter removed by surgery. Two physicians testified in substance that he is totally and permanently disabled to do heavy manual labor. For the defense, an orthopedic surgeon and the…