Daniel v. Princess Coals, Inc.

OSBORNE, Justice.

Max Daniel, an underground coal miner for over 18 years, filed an application for adjustment of claim before the Workmen’s Compensation Board on November 9, 1971. He claimed to be totally and permanently disabled by virtue of an occupational disease, coal worker’s pneumoconiosis. The date of his last exposure in the mines of this state was March 28, 1968. The Board dismissed the claim because of appellant’s failure to satisfy the requirements of KRS 342.316(4), the two year exposure requirement prior to disability date.

The appellant was released by Princess Coals, Inc. as…