Claim of Ward v. Merritt

Staley, Jr., J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed August 23, 1967. On July 13, 1965 the claimant, then 64 years of age, filed a claim for workmen’s compensation, alleging that he had developed lung disease and silicosis as the result of his employment as a rock driller, and that he had stopped work on November 13, 1962. He was employed by the appellant employer from June 22, 1962 to November 4, 1962 at which time he was laid off, according to the employer, because of lack of work. The claimant testified that he stopped work on November 2, 1962 because he got the…