BLAIR FORK COAL COMPANY v. BLANKENSHIP


416 S.W.2d 716 (1967)

BLAIR FORK COAL COMPANY, Appellant, v. Nina Jean BLANKENSHIP et al., and Workmen's Compensation Board et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 23, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maxwell P. Barret, Reeves, Barret & Cooper, Hazard, for appellant.

Arzo Carson, Oneida, Tenn., Courtney C. Wells, Wells & Wells, Hazard, Joe M. Agee, Lafollette, Tenn., J. Keller Whitaker, Workmen's Compensation Board, Frankfort, for appellees.


STEINFELD, Judge.

Dow Blankenship, an employee of Blair Fork Coal Company, died in the mine during working hours. The cause of his death prompted this controversy. The Workmen's Compensation Board which held that his death was compensable was affirmed by the lower court. From that judgment this appeal was taken.

Blankenship worked for Blair Fork as a loader operator. On December 8, 1964, when he left home at approximately 7:00 a. m. to go the mines he was...

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