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BAPTIST v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

Docket No. 54087.

137 Cal.App.3d 903 (1982)

187 Cal. Rptr. 270

FRANCES BAPTIST, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

November 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Steven Kazan and Victoria L. Edises for Petitioner.

O.F. Fenstermacher for Respondents.

OPINION

NEWSOM, J.

The decedent, John Baptist, died at the age of 77 of acute pneumonia. Petitioner, his widow, claimed that her husband's death was proximately caused by on-the-job exposure to respirable asbestos, while working as a machine-tender and shingle-maker from 1936 to 1965.

At the compensation hearing, Dr. Bristow expressed his conclusion that the pneumonia was "entirely...

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