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CHAPMAN v. EASTERN COAL CORPORATION

519 S.W.2d 390 (1975)

Fid CHAPMAN, Appellant, v. EASTERN COAL CORPORATION et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 7, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelsey E. Friend, C. Kilmer Combs, Pikeville, for appellant.

Baird & Baird, Pikeville, Earl Cornett, Frankfort, for appellees.

Cyril E. Shadowen, Asst. Counsel, Dept. of Labor, Louisville, for appellee James R. Yocum, Commissioner of Labor and Special Fund.

J. W. Craft, Jr., Craft, Barret, Haynes & Ward, Hazard, amicus curiae, for Hazard Coal Operator's Association.

C. Gibson Downing, Bennett Clark, Stoll, Keenon & Park, Lexington, amicus curiae, for Kentucky Coal Association.

Harry C. Campbell, Lexington, for Big Sandy-Elkhorn Coal Operators' Association.

David L. Beckman, Louisville, for Associated Industries of Kentucky.

PALMORE, Justice.

Fid Chapman, a 58-year-old coal miner, quit working for Eastern Coal Corporation on March 19, 1973, and filed a claim for workmen's compensation on March 28, 1973. He had worked in the coal mines for some 16 years. On April 29, 1974, following the reception of evidence pro and con, the compensation board entered a finding to the effect that he had become totally and permanently disabled on March 19, 1973, as the result of "the occupational disease...

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