KYANCO COAL CO. v. PRATER


602 S.W.2d 444 (1980)

KYANCO COAL COMPANY, Appellant, v. James PRATER; Special Fund; Coal Miner's Pneumoconiosis Fund; and Workmen's Compensation Board, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

July 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Francis, Francis, Kazee & Francis, Prestonsburg, for appellant.

Grayson Johnson, Hindman, Gemma M. Harding, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Labor, Louisville, Kenneth E. Hollis, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Labor, Frankfort, for appellees.

Before HAYES, C. J., and WHITE and WINTERSHEIMER, JJ.


HAYES, Chief Judge.

Kyanco Coal Company appeals from a judgment of the Knott Circuit Court which affirmed an opinion and award of the Workmen's Compensation Board. The Board after consolidating a claim filed by James Prater for a work-related injury and for occupational disease of pneumoconiosis or silicosis found that Prater was 75% occupationally disabled as a result of the injury claim and 100% disabled as a result of...

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