BRYANT v. OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 20190.

431 F.2d 1385 (1970)

Anna Mae BRYANT, Administratrix of the Estate of James McKinley Bryant, Deceased, et al. and Della Sue Rice, Administratrix of the Estate of Will Rice, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

October 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford L. Walters, Paducah, Ky., for appellants, Williams, Walters & Miller, Paducah, Ky., on brief.

Beard, Rummage & Kamuf, Owensboro, Ky., for Della Sue Rice.

James M. Graves, Louisville, Ky., for defendant-appellee, Edward H. Stopher, Boehl, Stopher, Graves & Deindoerfer, Louisville, Ky., on brief.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS and CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judges.


CELEBREEZE, Circuit Judge.

The Appellants in these consolidated cases are the personal representatives of the estates of eight coal miners who were killed in the course of their employment in the River Queen Underground Mine No. 1 of the Peabody Coal Company in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, on August 7, 1968.

Jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship. Kentucky law controls.

The eight deceased coal miners were covered by the Kentucky Workmen...

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