Owens v. Kroehler Manufacturing Co.

REED, Judge.

This appeal in a workmen’s compensation case confronts us again with the fundamental problem of the extent of the exclusive character of the “schedule of benefits” statute (KRS 342.105) in those instances where an injury occurs that is specified and is compensable in an amount certain under the “schedule of benefits,” but the disability caused by the injury would be compensated at a greater amount than provided if the schedule is not considered exclusive.

Jessie K. Owens, an industrial machine operator for Kroehler Manufacturing Company, injured his left eye while at work when a…