Legal Opinion
Cal Glo Coal Co. v. Mahan
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided March 13, 1987PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LESTER, Judge.
These are consolidated appeals from orders affirming three awards of the Workers’ Compensation Board against Gatliff Coal Company. In each of these cases, the Board found the claimants to be totally occupationally disabled as a result of pneu-moconiosis or black lung.
The common issue raised in each of these appeals is whether there were sufficient findings to support the Board’s awards, or whether the Board’s finding of pneumoco-niosis, in and of itself, is sufficient to support an award for permanent total disability-
In the first case, 86-CA-1429, the claimant, Vester Mahan,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Osborne v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968
- Shields v. Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1982
- Eaton Axle Corp. v. NallyKentucky Supreme Court · 1985
- Pruitt v. Bugg BrothersKentucky Supreme Court · 1977
- Cook v. Paducah Recapping ServiceKentucky Supreme Court · 1985
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