Collier v. Hope Coal Co.

MILLIKEN, Justice.

Mark E. Collier, Sr., who was an employee of Hope Coal Company, appellee, sustained injuries arising out of and in the course of his employment on December 9, 1945, and received an award of $7,500 from the Workmen’s Compensation Board as compensation for his injuries. He died on March 19, 1948, after a total of $2,880 had been paid to him on the award. The appellants, Mr. Collier’s widow and son, filed an Application for Adjustment of Claim with the Workmen’s Compensation Board as they were entitled to do under the statute, KRS 342.111, which states in part:

*279“When an employe,…