Porter v. Goad

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Bascomb Porter, a long-time employee of Inland Steel Company in its coal mines, died of a coronary thrombosis. His widow, Lilly, sought workmen’s compensation death benefits on the theory that the death was attributable to cor pulmonale which had developed from silicosis contracted by Bas-comb during his employment. The Workmen’s Compensation Board was not convinced by the evidence that there was a causal relationship between the heart condition and the presence of silicosis, and the board therefore entered an order denying the claim. On appeal to the circuit court the…