Dixon v. C. F. Rule Construction Co.

WADDILL, Commissioner.

The appellant was injured when he fell approximately 40 feet from a scaffold while at work for the appellee company. He received compensation benefits for temporary disability, but the Workmen’s Compensation Board disallowed his claim for permanent disability and the Jefferson Circuit Court confirmed the order of the Board.

The only question presented by this appeal is whether the Board’s order denying compensation is supported by sufficient evidence. The appellant suffered a laceration of the scalp which incapacitated him for about three weeks. At the end of this period…