Hartman v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.

DUFRESNE, Judge.

This is an appeal by Celotex, Corp., defendant-appellant, from a workman’s compensation award to its former employee, Alance Hartman, plaintiff-appellee, for a permanent impairment of his lungs due to exposure to fibrogenic dusts.

Alance Hartman, an electrician, was employed by Johns-Manville Sales Corp., from 1949 to 1970, during which time he was exposed to asbestos and silica dusts. From 1970 to 1981, he worked for Celotex Corp., spending 30% of his time in the shop and 70% in the plant. He testified that during his last year with Celotex, he began to experience shortness of…