Williams v. Ornamental Stone Co.

It was not controverted that the claimant’s last exposure to the occupational disease of silicosis occurred while he was in the employ of defendant Stone Company, and that as against his employer compensation therefor was properly awarded. G.S. 97-58; Young v. Whitehall Co., 229 N.C. 360, 49 S.E. 2d 797.

The only question presented by the appeal is whether from the testimony introduced there was any evidence to support the finding of the Industrial Commission that the disease which caused the disablement of the claimant while in the employ of defendant Stone Company was within the coverage of…