HIGH SPLINT COAL COMPANY v. CHANDLER


363 S.W.2d 103 (1962)

HIGH SPLINT COAL COMPANY, Appellant, v. Joe CHANDLER, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 14, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. E. Mahan, Williamsburg, Patterson & Berger, Pineville, for appellant.

Doyle & Doyle, Harlan, for appellee.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

Appellee filed an application with the Workmen's Compensation Board seeking adjustment of his claim based upon the allegation that he became disabled on February 21, 1957, due to the disease of pneumoconiosis caused by exposure to dust and other irritants while employed in appellant's mine. The Board dismissed the application on the ground that, although appellee had established he had pneumoconiosis, he had not proved he had contracted the...

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