VATER v. NEWPORT BOARD OF EDUCATION


511 S.W.2d 670 (1974)

Rolla Owen VATER, Appellant, v. NEWPORT BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Appellees. Daniel J. EARLY, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEWPORT, Kentucky, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 31, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Blau, Ron R. Parry, Newport, for appellants.

Bruce Lester, Newport, for appellee Newport Bd. of Ed.

Ed W. Hancock, Atty. Gen., Thomas A. Ainley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee Drexel Davis, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, as custodian of the Uninsured Employers Fund.

Lawrence Riedinger, Jr., Morris Weintraub, Newport, J. Keller Whitaker, Director, Workmen's Compensation Bd., Frankfort, for appellee City of Newport, Kentucky.


STEINFELD, Justice.

In 1972 appellant Rolla Vater, an employee of the Newport Board of Education, and appellant Daniel Early, an employee of the city of Newport, Kentucky, were injured in separate accidents while in the course of their respective employments. At the time neither of the employers nor the employees had accepted nor were they bound by the then existing Workmen's Compensation Act.

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