WKY Television System, Inc. v. Clay

BLACKBIRD, Justice:

This is an original proceeding for the review of the State Industrial Court’s award of death benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Law to the guardians of the widow and children of Henry Jack Clay, deceased, on account of the latter’s drowning in June, 1967, while an employee of the petitioner WKY Television System, Inc., hereinafter referred to by its designation in said court as “respondent”.

At the time of his death, said employee, who was sixty-four years old, had been employed by respondent for 15 years, during the last 5 years of which he had done manual labor on a…