Legal Opinion
Special Fund v. Francis
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided May 1, 1986Published
1Opinion of the Court
708 S.W.2d 641 (1986)
SPECIAL FUND and Coal Miners' Pneumoconiosis Fund, Movants,
v.
Freeman FRANCIS; Center Coal Company, now West Ken Coal Company; Associated Indemnity Corp.; and Workers' Compensation Board, Respondents.
Supreme Court of Kentucky.
May 1, 1986.
Denis S. Kline, Labor Cabinet, Louisville, for movants.
John C. Whitfield, William R. Thomas, Madisonville, Director, Workers' Compensation Bd., Dept. of Labor, Frankfort, for respondents.
OPINION OF THE COURT
We have granted discretionary review because a majority of a Court of Appeals panel has refused to follow a long line of decisions of…
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Special Fund v. FrancisKentucky Supreme Court · 1986
- Lee v. International Harvester CompanyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
- Blue Diamond Coal Company v. SteppCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
- Wagoner v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1975
- Twin Peak Coal Co. v. WoolumCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1971
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