PORTER v. GOAD


404 S.W.2d 795 (1966)

Lilly PORTER, Appellant, v. Frank GOAD, Chairman, etc., et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing June 24, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Dale Burke, Pikeville, for appellant.

Fred G. Francis, Prestonsburg, Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellees.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

Bascomb Porter, a long-time employee of Inland Steel Company in its coal mines, died of a coronary thrombosis. His widow, Lilly, sought workmen's compensation death benefits on the theory that the death was attributable to cor pulmonale which had developed from silicosis contracted by Bascomb during his employment. The Workmen's Compensation Board was not convinced by the evidence that there was a causal relationship between the heart condition...

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