BYRD v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION


411 S.W.2d 36 (1967)

Ben BYRD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

January 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. W. Napier, Jr., Hazard, for appellant.

William A. Rice, Harlan, Stuart E. Alexander, Frankfort, for appellees.


MILLIKEN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment affirming an order of the Workmen's Compensation Board dismissing the claim of appellant, Ben Byrd, for total permanent disability compensation for silicosis, asserted against the appellees, United States Steel Corporation and the Special Fund.

Appellant was employed by the appellee company from 1925 until June 1962 when the section of the mine in which he worked was shut down. He loaded coal, drilled with...

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