Inland Steel Co. v. Mullins

STEWART, Chief Justice.

Noble Mullins, appellee herein, was allowed total and permanent disability benefits by the Workmen’s Compensation Board (herein referred to as “the Board”) and the award was upheld on review by the Floyd Circuit Court.

In seeking a reversal of the judgment appellant first claims, relying upon K RS 342.316(2), that appellee failed to give ■notice as soon as practicable after he learned he was disabled from the disease of silicosis.

A summary of the facts relative to this point is that in September, 1958, appellee, a coal miner who operated coal cutting and loading machines…