HUNTER v. TURNER ELKHORN MINING COMPANY


455 S.W.2d 571 (1970)

Nannie HUNTER, etc., Appellant, v. TURNER ELKHORN MINING COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 26, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Greene, Perry & Greene, Paintsville, for appellant.

Fred G. Francis, Howard, Francis & Howard, Prestonsburg, Thomas R. Emerson, Dept. of Labor, Frankfort, J. Keller Whitaker, Frankfort, Director, Workmen's Compensation Board, for appellees.


PALMORE, Judge.

This is an appeal by the widow and administratrix of a deceased coal miner from a judgment affirming a denial of workmen's compensation for his disability and death.

The decedent, Charles Henry Hunter, filed a compensation claim on March 28, 1967, stating that he had become affected by the occupational disease of silicosis on February 27, 1967. He died on April 28, 1967, whereupon the appellant was substituted as claimant.

Hunter was...

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