YOCOM v. HI-FLAME COALS, INC.


568 S.W.2d 757 (1978)

James R. YOCOM, Commissioner of Labor and Custodian of the Special Fund, Appellant, v. HI-FLAME COALS, INCORPORATED, Charles Hyden and Workmen's Compensation Board of Kentucky, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cyril E. Shadowen, Asst. Counsel Dept. of Labor, Louisville, for appellant.

Gayle G. Huff, Harlan, Neville Smith, Manchester, for appellees.

Before MARTIN, C. J., and REYNOLDS, and WILHOIT, JJ.


REYNOLDS, Judge.

The Workmen's Compensation Board found appellee-employee, Charles Hyden, to be permanently and totally disabled as a result of an injury of July 24, 1972, and further found him to be totally and permanently disabled from November 28, 1972, as a result of the occupational disease of pneumoconiosis and/or silicosis, which arose out of and in the course of his employment as a coal miner. The Board, inter alia, ordered the Special Fund, appellant, and...

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