United States Steel Co. v. Lockhart

CAMMACK, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment affirming an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board to Arthur Lockhart for compensation for total permanent disability resulting from silicosis. We are asked to reverse the judgment because (1) Lockhart had the burden of proving that there was a silica hazard in the company’s coal mine in which he worked, and which he failed to do; and (2) Lockhart failed to prove an exposure to silica for at least two years before his disability.

The company contends that Lock-hart did not contract silicosis in its mine and that, even though it he conceded…