Stovall v. Collett

MILLER, Judge.

This is an appeal1 from a judgment of the Clay Circuit Court which reversed a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board (board). We reverse the Clay Circuit Court.

On March 17, 1981, appellee, Eugene Collett, filed an Application for Adjustment of Claim with the board. He alleged total and permanent disability attributable to pneumoconiosis and/or silicosis. For many years, he had been a bulldozer operator in the surface (strip) mining of coal. The application for compensation benefits was heatedly contested. The record contains six depositions of medical experts on each side.…