Claim of Kazia v. Woodcrest Construction Co.

The question here presented is whether the claim is barred by section 67 of article 4-A of the Workmen’s Compensation Law (L. 1936, ch. 887, as amd. by L. 1940, ch. 548), as it read prior to its repeal by chapter 431 of the Laws of 1947. Section 67 provided: “ An employer shall be liable for the payments prescribed by this article for silicosis or other dust disease when disability of an employee resulting in loss of earnings shall be due to an employment in a hazardous occupation in which he was employed, and such disability results within one year after the last injurious exposure in such…