LYCOMING SHOE COMPANY v. WOODS


472 S.W.2d 257 (1971)

LYCOMING SHOE COMPANY, Inc., Appellant, v. Doris WOODS and Kentucky Workmen's Compensation Board, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David O. Welch, Caldwell, VanAntwerp, Welch & Hughes, Ashland, for appellant.

Gary L. Littleton, Grayson, Howard H. Harcha, Jr., Portsmouth, Ohio, for appellees.


REED, Judge.

The issue posed on this appeal is whether the circuit court erred when it reversed a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Board that denied compensation benefits to the widow of an employee who was killed in an automobile accident. The board held that the employee's death did not "arise out of and in the course of" his employment. The circuit court held that the undisputed facts established, as a matter of law, that the accident in which the employee...

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