BIG SANDY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM v. CHAFFINS


502 S.W.2d 526 (1973)

BIG SANDY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM et al., Appellants, v. Ernest CHAFFINS and Workmen's Compensation Board of Kentucky, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 7, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris S. Howard, Howard & Howard, Prestonsburg, for appellants.

George Chad Perry, III, Paintsville, for appellees.


PALMORE, Chief Justice.

The appellee, Ernest Chaffins, was injured on July 1, 1969, when a school bus with defective brakes pinned him against the wall of a garage. His claim for workmen's compensation resulted in a maximum award pursuant to findings that he is totally and permanently disabled and that the accident of July 1, 1969, was the cause of that disability. The employer appeals from a judgment sustaining the award. KRS 342.285, 342.290.

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