CLAY, Commissioner.
Appellee, who had been employed in appellant's coal mines since 1956, sought workmen's compensation benefits for "occupational pneumoconiosis". The Board dismissed his claim and its order was reversed by the circuit court on appeal.
Pneumoconiosis is a broad term covering diseased conditions of the lungs caused by the chronic inhalation of irritating dust particles. A particular form of this disease (caused by the inhalation of silica dust...
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