Yocom v. Campbell

LUKOWSKY, Justice.

This is an appeal by the Special Fund from a judgment of the Perry Circuit Court which refused to direct the Workmen’s Compensation Board to require that the Special Fund be reimbursed for its payment to the claimant of the employer’s share of the award by the Uninsured Employers’ Fund in the event of default by the employer.

Walter Campbell filed an application for adjustment of claim with the Board on June 18, 1973, alleging that he became permanently and totally disabled due to the occupational disease of silicosis and/or pneumoconiosis on April 24, 1973. A hearing was…