Mining MacHinery, Inc. v. Copley

OPINION

WISEMAN, Senior District Judge.

Defendants-Appellants Clarence Copley, as Administrator of the Estate of Matthew Copley, deceased, and Tonya Crabtree, as Guardian and next friend of Matthew Elam Copley (collectively, “Appellants”), appeal the district court’s order granting summary judgment to Plaintiff-Appellee Mining Machinery, Inc. (“MMI”) in the underlying declaratory judgment action. Appellants contend the district court erred in finding that MMI is immune from tort liability arising from the death of Clarence Matthew Copley by way of the exclusive-remedy provisions of the Kentucky…