HUDSON v. OWENS


439 S.W.2d 565 (1969)

Dorothy HUDSON, Widow and Admrx., etc., Appellant, v. Charles C. OWENS, dba, etc., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 28, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. David Francis, Whayne C. Priest, Jr., Bowling Green, for appellant.

Harold D. Ricketts, Harlin, Parker, Ricketts, Lucas & English, Bowling Green, J. Keller Whitaker, Workmen's Compensation Bd., Frankfort, for appellees.


REED, Judge.

Estell Hudson's widow claimed death benefits under the workmen's compensation law by reason of his death from a heart attack. The Workmen's Compensation Board ruled that the death was noncompensable because it found that the attack did not arise from the employment. The circuit court affirmed the board's decision. The widow has appealed here.

Hudson was the manager of a cut-rate gasoline station. He was paid $1.00 an hour plus a percentage on...

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