Bunker v. National Gypsum Co.

PIVARNIK, Justice.

This cause comes to us on a Petition for Transfer from the Third District Court of Appeals. Plaintiff-Appellant-Respondent, Richard D. Bunker, discovered in July, 1976, that he was afflicted with asbestosis. On June 17, 1978, he applied to the Industrial Board of Indiana for disability benefits under the “Indiana Workmen’s Occupational Diseases Act.” He alleged that his permanent disability was due to his work-related exposure to asbestos dust. The Industrial Board held that Respondent’s claim was barred by the statute of limitations provision of the Occupational Diseases…