Drummond Company, Inc. v. Moore

YATES, Judge.

William Ernie Moore sued his employer, Drummond Company, Inc, on December 21, 1995, seeking to recover workers’ compensation benefits for occupational pneumoconio-sis. Moore alleged that he had contracted the disease while working within the line and scope of his employment as an underground coal miner with Drummond. Following an ore tenus proceeding, the court, on August 22, 1997, entered an order, finding that Moore had contracted pneumoconiosis in the course of his employment and that he had suffered a 65% permanent partial disability to the body as a whole. Drummond appeals.

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