Claim of Konieczny v. Butterflake Shop

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 8, 1977, finding that claimant did not sustain an occupational disease within the meaning of subdivision 2 of section 3 of the Workers’ Compensation Law. Claimant had a history of a 39-year period of heavy smoking and a 24-year period of employment as a baker when he was employed by the Butterflake Bake Shop. Six months later he was diagnosed as suffering from severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease secondary to asthmatic bronchitis and emphysema. The record reflects contradictory medical evidence regarding the…