BLUE DIAMOND COAL COMPANY v. CREECH


411 S.W.2d 331 (1967)

BLUE DIAMOND COAL COMPANY, Appellant, v. Mrs. Gladys CREECH, Individually, etc., et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 3, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

M. B. Fields, Hazard, for appellees.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

The appeal is from a judgment which set aside an order of the Workmen's Compensation Board denying dependency benefits to appellees Gladys Creech and her children. The board had found that the death of her husband, Ernest Creech, did not arise in the course of his employment as a shuttle car driver with appellant, Blue Diamond Coal Company.

The company had been experiencing labor difficulties for several months prior to Creech's death...

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