Hall v. Banks

MOREMEN, Chief Justice.

Appellee’s husband, Howard Banks, was seriously injured in a coal mining accident when slate fell on him, broke his back and caused paralysis from the waist down while he was working within the course and scope of his employment for appellant, Hall and Roberts Coal Company. He filed claim before the Workmen’s Compensation Board which held that he had been permanently disabled and awarded him the sum of $13,-812.50. Banks died several years after the injury. He had been paid, at the time of his death, $8,357.86. Appellee, widow of Howard Banks, filed an application under…