UNITED STATES STEEL COMPANY v. JACKSON


262 S.W.2d 198 (1953)

UNITED STATES STEEL COMPANY, Appellant, v. Lester Tillman JACKSON et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 6, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Sampson and Edward G. Hill, Harlan, Middleton, Seelbach, Wolford, Willis & Cochran, Louisville, for appellant.

George R. Pope, Carlos B. Pope, Harlan, for appellees.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

This appeal is from a judgment confirming an award of the Workmen's Compensation Board granting appellee, Lester Tillman Jackson, compensation for total permanent disability resulting from silicosis. For reversal, it is urged (1) that appellee failed to establish that there was a silica hazard in the appellant's coal mine in which he worked; and (2) appellee did not prove an exposure to the silica hazard for at least two years before his disability...

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