Kentucky statutes bar an unadopted stepdaughter from collecting a share of her dead stepfather's estate's $5-million wrongful death settlement that was reached following a fatal dust explosion, according to a ruling from the Court of Appeals. Case: Davis v. Johnson, No. 2007-CA-002394, 2/20/09, published.Facts:Clarence Davis was working for CTA Acoustics, a fiberglass insulation producer, when a malfunctioning oven ignited resin dust and caused a massive explosion. Davis died about a month and a half after the explosion at the age of 35. The explosion also killed six of his coworkers. ...
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