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JACKSON v. GENERAL REFRACTORIES CO.

581 S.W.2d 10 (1979)

Glenn JACKSON, Movant, v. GENERAL REFRACTORIES COMPANY, James R. Yocom, Commissioner of Labor and Custodian of the Special Fund, and Workmen's Compensation Board of Kentucky, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

May 1, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin B. Trigg, Wallace, Turner & Trigg, Lexington, for movant.

Howard VanAntwerp, III, Robert L. Templeton, VanAntwerp, Hughes, Monge & Jones, Ashland, for respondent General Refractories Co.

John Riehl, Jr., Denis S. Kline, Dept. of Labor, Louisville, for respondent James R. Yocom, Commissioner of Labor and Custodian of the Special Fund.

CLAYTON, Justice.

Glenn Jackson, movant here, was awarded workmen's compensation benefits for permanent total disability caused by silicosis incurred during his 27-year term of employment with General Refractories Company. Upon the advice of his doctor, Jackson voluntarily ended his employment as a brickworker on February 2, 1972, because he could no longer tolerate the dust to which he was exposed at work. More than three...

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