CLAY, Commissioner.
Appellee, admittedly suffering from and totally disabled by silicosis and pulmonary tuberculosis, was awarded workmen's compensation under KRS 342.316(7). The circuit court affirmed the Board's award, and on this appeal appellant contends that as a matter of law the Board invoked the wrong statute.
Appellee had worked in appellant's coal mines for about 40 years. In 1954 he was sent to the hospital with pneumonia, and tuberculosis was discovered...
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