KENTLAND ELKHORN COAL CORP. v. YATES

No. 87-CA-622-S.

743 S.W.2d 47 (1988)

KENTLAND ELKHORN COAL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. James Oliver YATES; John Calhoun Wells, Secretary, Labor Cabinet (Special Fund) and Workers' Compensation Board of Kentucky, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

January 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Jones, Pikeville, for appellant.

Herbert Deskins, Pikeville, John E. Stephenson, Labor Cabinet, Louisville, for appellees.

Before COOPER, LESTER and MILLER, JJ.


COOPER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court dismissing a petition for review filed by the appellant/employer, Kentland Elkhorn Coal Corporation, which sought review of an opinion and award entered by the Workers' Compensation Board. The basis for such petition was essentially threefold: that the opinion and award was not in conformity with the provisions of Chapter 342 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes; that the opinion and award was clearly...

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