Acree v. State Compensation Commissioner

GriVEN, Judge:

Claimant in the instant proceeding, Ruby Aeree, widow of Pete Aeree, a former employee of Youghio-gheny & Ohio Coal Company, was by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board granted dependent benefits on a finding of the board that the employee’s death resulted from silicosis. The order awarding such benefits reversed an order of the State Compensation Commissioner which held, in effect, that the death of the employee resulted from a cause other than silicosis.

The employee, in 1957, filed a claim for silicosis benefits, and was granted an award for first stage silicosis. The award…