Case Name: Clyde O. REED, Movant, v. ORKIN EXTERMINATING COMPANY et al., Repondents
Court: Supreme Court of Kentucky
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1981-05-05
Citations: 614 S.W.2d 941
Docket Number: No. 79-CI-086
Parties: Clyde O. REED, Movant, v. ORKIN EXTERMINATING COMPANY et al., Repondents.
Judges: All concur.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 614
Pages: 941–941

Head Matter:
Clyde O. REED, Movant, v. ORKIN EXTERMINATING COMPANY et al., Repondents.
Supreme Court of Kentucky.
May 5, 1981.
McCracken Circuit Court,
No. 79-CI-086.
Mark D. Pierce, Paducah, for movant.
Gary B. Houston, Paducah, for appellees, Orkin Exterminating Co. and Hewitt, Coleman & Associates.
John E. Stephenson, Asst. Counsel, Dept, of Labor, Louisville, Kenneth E. Hollis, General Counsel, Dept, of Labor, Frankfort, John Riehl, Jr., Asst. Counsel, Dept, of Labor, Louisville, for appellee, Eugene F. Land (Successor to James R. Yocum).

Opinion:
OPINION AND ORDER
The decision of the Court of Appeals with respect to the Special Fund is affirmed. With respect to Orkin, under our opinion in Yocom v. Harrison, Ky., 517 S.W.2d 231 (1975), the issue of causation is foreclosed in the claimant's favor, and the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed. The cause is therefore remanded to the Workmen's Compensation Board with directions that it make an appropriate award.
All concur.
ENTERED May 5,1981.
/s/ John S. Palmore Chief Justice