Legal Opinion
Nepier v. John P. Gorman Coal Company
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided November 10, 1931PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Willis —
Beversing.
The crucial question now to he determined is whether a voluntary settlement Iby the personal' representative of a deceased employee with an alleged wrongdoer for damages for causing the death of the employee constituted a bar to a claim by his dependents against his employer for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Law of Kentucky (Ky. Stats., secs. 4880'-4987), when the amount recieved in the settlement is less than the amount of compensation authorized by the law.
Calloway C. Napier, in the course of his employment by the John P. Gorman…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- O'Brien v. Chicago City Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1922
- Smith v. Yellow Cab Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- Phoenix Indemnity Co. v. Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
- Gones v. FisherIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
- Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Co. v. Phoenix Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1930
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Clark v. OlsonMontana Supreme Court · 1934
- Whitney v. Louisville N. R. Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1944
- Tews v. C. F. Hanks Coal Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1934
- Weis v. WakefieldIndiana Court of Appeals · 1941
- Southern Quarries & Contracting Co. v. HensleyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1950
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