Claim of Citny v. Atlas Steel Casting Co.

Appeals by the employer and its insurance carrier from decisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Board filed March 20, 1968 and February *85428,1969. The appellants do not dispute the findings of the board that claimant is disabled as a result of silicosis caused by his exposure to dust at the employer’s foundry and that the proper date of disablement is August 5, 1960 when the claimant last worked. The claimant apparently believed from the time he last worked in August of 1960 that he was disabled because of silicosis. However, Dr. Abbott testified that he diagnosed the claimant’s condition in 1960…