Holman v. Standard Oil Co. of Ky.

This is an appeal by Mrs. James M. Holman from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Warren County which affirmed an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission, denying her compensation benefits on account of the death of her husband, James M. Holman.

James M. Holman, at the time of his death, was 52 years of age. He had worked for the Standard Oil Company approximately 25 years. Immediately before his death, he had been driving one of the company tank trucks. He was stricken with a heart attack on August 8, 1959, and was hospitalized until August 27. The company filed the employer’s first…