Williams Coal Co. v. Cooper
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 89 — ACTION BY JAMES COOPER AGAINST THE WILLIAMS COAL COMPANY. Appeal from Ohio Circuit Court. T. F. Birkhead, Circuit Judge. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Carroll
Affirming.
This action was instituted by appellee to recover damages against the appellant company for injuries received by slate falling from the roof while working as a machine operator in its coal mine. He was an experienced miner, and had been engaged in the *289special service he was performing when injured for some months. His duties were to run a machine operated by compressed air and used in cutting an excavation .in the face of the coal near the bottom of the room; the excavation running back some six or eight feet. After the coal had been thus cut,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Kreigh v. Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Ballard & Ballard Co. v. Lee's Admr.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
- Hanley v. California Bridge & Construction Co.California Supreme Court · 1899
- Ashland Coal & Iron Railway Co. v. WallaceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1897
- Smith's Admr. v. North Jellico Coal Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Louisville, Henderson & St. Louis Railway Co. v. WrightCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
- Borderland Coal Co. v. SmallCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
- Duvin Coal Company v. FikeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
- North East Coal Co. v. SetzerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
- Old Diamond Coal Co. v. DenneyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
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