Perkins Harlan Coal Co. v. Creech's Adm'r

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Stites

Reversing.

Lawrence Creech, a young coal miner of the age of :22, was killed on January 9, 1934, by the fall of a piece, of rock, while working in the coal mine of the appellant, Perkins-Harlan Coal Company, at Liggett, Ky., in Harlan county. Although eligible to do so, the appellant company has never elected to operate under the "Workmen’s Compensation Law (Ky.St. sec. 4880 et seq.). Creech had been employed by the appellant as a “loader” for some months prior to the date of the accident, and following his death this action was brought by his administrator…