Stovall v. Great Flame Coal Co.

HOWARD, Judge.

Appellants appeal a judgment of the Pike Circuit Court ordering the Special Fund to continue payment of Workers’ Compensation benefits to the widow of the claimant, pursuant to the Life Expectancy Annuity Table.

On July 11, 1978, Roy Baker was awarded total occupational disability due to pneu-moconiosis. He died of causes unrelated to the disease on March 27, 1981. His wife, Elizabeth Baker, appellee herein, was substituted on the award which was to continue until her remarriage or for Mr. Baker’s life expectancy at the time he became disabled.

On October 28, 1982, Mrs. Baker…