Young v. Davis

REED, Judge.

This appeal involves the claim of I. H. Davis, a 66-year-old coal miner, for workmen’s compensation benefits for total disability caused by the occupational disease of pneumoconiosis. The Workmen’s Compensation Board found that Davis was entitled to benefits for total and permanent disability payable by the Special Fund. Liability for medical payments was assessed against his last employer, Mill Branch Coal Company. The Special Fund appealed the board’s decision to the circuit court and the circuit court affirmed the award. The Fund thereupon appealed to this court and contends…