ROBINSON v. CRIDER MINING CO.


533 S.W.2d 530 (1976)

Lawrence ROBINSON, Appellant, v. CRIDER MINING COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

February 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald W. May, Pikeville, for appellant.

Francis, Kazee & Francis, Prestonsburg, Earl Cornett, Special Fund, Dept. of Labor, Frankfort, for appellees.


PALMORE, Justice.

Lawrence Robinson appeals from a judgment affirming an order of the Workmen's Compensation Board disallowing his claim for benefits on the basis of compensable pneumoconiosis coupled with chronic bronchitis. See KRS 342.316(7).

The claimant had worked for 27 years in the mines, and it was not denied by any of the medical witnesses that his exposure to harmful dust during the course of that experience would have been sufficient to cause pneumoconiosis...

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