THACKER v. REPUBLIC STEEL CORP.


484 S.W.2d 832 (1972)

Gertrude THACKER, Administratrix of the Estate of John Thacker, Appellant, v. REPUBLIC STEEL CORP., Workmen's Compensation Board of Kentucky, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan Jack Combs, Reed D. Anderson, Combs & Anderson, Pikeville, for appellant.

Gemma M. Harding, Department of Labor, Louisville, Thomas R. Emerson, Department of Labor, Frankfort, Stratton, Johnson & May, Pikeville, for appellees.


PALMORE, Justice.

Gertrude Thacker, as administratrix of the estate of John Thacker, deceased, appeals from a judgment sustaining an order of the Workmen's Compensation Board denying recovery on a compensation claim filed by Thacker and tried before his death.

After working for more than 40 years in the coal mines Thacker was forced to quit by reason of a totally disabling lung condition. Doctors who examined him...

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