Highsplint Coal Co. v. Palmer's Administrator

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing,

Henry Palmer received injuries which resulted in his death while employed by appellant, Highsplint Coal Company. Appellant operates a coal mine in Harlan county, and, though employing the requisite number of men, was not onerating under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Ky. Stats., sec. 4880 et seq., as amended) at the time Palmer was injured. Palmer was an operator of an electric coal cutting machine, and M. M. Waldrop was his assistant. At the time he was injured, Palmer was operating an electric coal-cutting machine known as a Sul livan Six, and had…