YOUNG v. BURGETT


483 S.W.2d 450 (1972)

John W. YOUNG, Commissioner of Labor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and Custodian of the Special Fund, and B. & S. Coal Company, Appellants, v. Osie BURGETT and Workmen's Compensation Board of Kentucky, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 9, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gemma M. Harding, Dept. of Labor, Louisville, William A. Rice, Harlan, for appellants.

W. M. Melton, Hazard, for appellees.


OSBORNE, Judge.

This is a Workmen's Compensation proceeding wherein the Board denied recovery to the claimant who claimed to be suffering from miner's pneumoconiosis. Claimant appealed to the Perry Circuit Court which reversed the Board. We reverse the judgment of that court.

The issue before the Board was whether or not claimant was suffering from pneumoconiosis. In all, seven doctors testified, three for the claimant and four for the appellants. There was...

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