PEABODY COAL COMPANY v. HARP


351 S.W.2d 170 (1961)

PEABODY COAL COMPANY, Appellant, v. William R. HARP et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Sampson, William A. Rice, Sampson & Rice, Harlan, for appellant.

J. Leonard Davis, Harlan, for appellee.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

The appeal is from a judgment confirming an award of the Workmen's Compensation Board that granted William R. Harp benefits for total disability resulting from silicosis which he contracted while working in the mine of the Peabody Coal Company. The company seeks reversal of the judgment on the ground that Harp failed to give it timely notice of his disability as required by KRS 342.316(2).

Harp had been employed by the company since...

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