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FALCON COAL COMPANY v. SWEET

518 S.W.2d 343 (1974)

FALCON COAL COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. Mary SWEET, etc., et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craft, Barret, Haynes & Ward, Hazard, Robert D. Hawkins, Special Fund, Dept. of Labor, Frankfort, for appellants.

M. B. Fields, Hazard, for appellees.

PALMORE, Justice.

On August 1, 1972, George Sweet filed a workmen's compensation claim alleging that he had become disabled from silicosis or coal workers' pneumoconiosis on June 3, 1972, while employed by the appellant Falcon Coal Company. He died on September 14, 1972, after having completed his proof but before the case was submitted for decision. By permission of the Board his widow, Mary Sweet, revived the claim in behalf of herself and two dependent minor children...

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