Legal Opinion
Alva Coal Corp. v. Trosper
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided February 7, 1964PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MONTGOMERY, Judge.
Royce Trosper, appellee, filed his claim with the Workmen’s Compensation Board on the ground that he suffered total and permanent disability by reason of silicosis. The Board found that he had failed to give his employer timely notice of the fact that he was suffering from silicosis. On appeal the circuit court held that the Board was in error under the authority of Mary Helen Coal Corporation v. Chitwood, Ky., 351 S.W.2d 167, and related cases. Those cases had not been decided at the time the Board made its award.
The Chitwood case said that notice of disability must be…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Mary Helen Coal Corporation v. ChitwoodCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1961
- Stephens Elkhorn Coal Company v. TibbsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
- Brock v. International Harvester CompanyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
3Cited by8 opinions
- Allen v. Commonwealth, Department of HighwaysCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968
- Beth-Elkhorn Corporation v. ThomasCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1966
- American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp. v. GerthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1964
- Lovell v. Osborne Mining Corp.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1965
- Davis v. Harlan Everglow Coal Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1965
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