AIG/AIU Insurance Co. v. South Akers Mining Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT

On September 16, 1999, Ronnie Charles was killed in a roof fall accident while working for the defendant-employer as an underground coal miner. It was later found that the accident resulted from the employer’s intentional violation of several mine safety statutes and regulations and that his surviving spouse and minor child were entitled to increased benefits under KRS 342.165(1). Affirming decisions by an Administrative Law Judge and the Workers’ Compensation Board, the Court of Appeals determined that the employer’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier was hable for…