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YOCOM v. CHAPMAN

542 S.W.2d 510 (1976)

James R. YOCOM, Commissioner of Labor, etc., Appellant, v. Gladys CHAPMAN, etc., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

October 15, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl M. Cornett, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Labor, Frankfort, Kenneth E. Hollis, Asst. Counsel, Dept. of Labor, Louisville, for appellant.

C. Kilmer Combs, Kelsey E. Friend Law Firm, Baird & Baird, Pikeville, for appellees.

STERNBERG, Justice.

This is a workmen's compensation case. The sole and only issue, as taken from appellant's brief, is:

"Is a dependent widow of a miner, who had contracted pneumoconiosis and had filed a timely workmen's compensation claim therefor, prior to his death, entitled to widow's benefits where the decedent died of a cause or causes unrelated to his pneumoconiosis?"

Flemon L. Chapman was regularly employed as an underground coal miner for...

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