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SOVEREIGN COAL CORP. v. ADKINS

690 S.W.2d 129 (1985)

SOVEREIGN COAL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Denton ADKINS; Thelma L. Stovall, Commissioner of Labor (Special Fund); and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees. Thelma L. STOVALL, Commissioner of Labor (Special Fund), Appellant, v. SOVEREIGN COAL COMPANY; Denton Adkins; and Workers' Compensation Board of Kentucky, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Discretionary Review Denied and Opinion Ordered Published by Supreme Court June 5, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John V. Porter, Wells, Porter, Schmitt & Walker, Paintsville, for Sovereign Coal Corp.

Joseph W. Justice, Pikeville, for Denton Adkins.

Douglas A. U'Sellis, Dept. of Labor, Louisville, for Thelma L. Stovall.

Before CLAYTON, LESTER and WILHOIT, JJ.

WILHOIT, Judge.

These appeals are from an order of the Pike Circuit Court, affirming an award by the Workers' Compensation Board to the appellee Denton Adkins. Both his former employer (the Sovereign Coal Corporation) and the Special Fund have appealed from this order.

Mr. Adkins's claim was for disability which he allegedly sustained due to a work-related back injury on January 8, 1981, and pneumoconiosis, which same date was the last date of his exposure...

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