Inland Steel Co. v. Mosby

WADDILL, Commissioner.

The Inland Steel Company has appealed from a judgment reversing an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board which dismissed appellee’s claim for compensation benefits based upon disability from silicosis. The only question presented is whether notice was timely under KRS 342.316(2).

Appellee, Leon Mosley, who had worked in the mines of the appellant, Inland Steel Company, for approximately thirty years, was discharged on June 27, 1957, when appellant reduced its working force at its mine. During February, 1958, he obtained temporary employment in a restaurant but was…