Benito Mining Co. v. Girdner

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

— Affirming.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Harlan circuit court affirming an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board directing the Benito Mining Company to pay to the widow and dependent son of W. D. Girdner the sum of $12 per week for a period of 335 weeks, the total payments not to exceed the maximum sum of $4,000. W. D. Girdner and his employer, the Benito Mining Company, had both accepted the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Ky. Stats., sec. 4880 et seq.).

Girdner was injured on August 29, 1935, in appellant’s mine while employed as…