City of Harlan v. Ford

MOREMEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Harlan Circuit Court against the city of Harlan affirming an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, awarding Laura Ford, mother of deceased James E. Ford, and Raymond Ford, son of deceased, as his total dependents, $10 each per week for 400 weeks, and, in addition, $300 to Laura .Ford for burial fees.

There are two issues to be determined: (1) Whether the death of James E. Ford arose out of and in the course of his employment with the city of Harlan; (2) Whether the appellees, Laura and Raymond Ford, were totally dependent upon…