Supreme Court rules dead miner's family entitled to benefits
Ronnie Charles was killed in 1999 while working for South Akers Mining Co. at Myra in Pike County, Kentucky. A layer of rocks fell on him from an improperly supported mine.
The unanimous Supreme Court ruling upheld previous decisions by the Court of Appeals, the state Workers' Compensation Board and an administrative law judge that AIG/AIU Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh should pay an additional 15 percent in workers’ compensation benefits to Charles' widow and child.