Walston v. Burlington Industries

ERWIN, Judge.

By appropriate assignments of error, plaintiff challenges, inter alia, the Commission’s findings of fact and conclusions of law holding that plaintiff does not have an “occupational disease.”

For purposes of our review, the pertinent findings of fact of Commissioner Brown and affirmed by the full Commission are as follow:

“6. ... Dr. Williams, in his written report, a part of the evidence in this case, gave the following comment:

Mr. Walston’s symptoms of shortness of breath appear to be clearly related to pulmonary emphysema and chronic bronchitis and may be, at least in part,…