Inland Steel Co. v. Byrd

STEWART, Judge.

The Workmen’s Compensation Board found that appellee, Charley Byrd, the claimant, was 100% disabled as a result of a silicosis condition, that he was “last injuriously exposed to the hazards” of this disease while an employee of appellant, Inland Steel Company, and that the latter was wholly liable for compensation payments in connection with appellee’s disability. See KRS 342.316(3). This appeal is from the judgment of the Floyd Circuit Court which affirmed the award of the Board.

Several grounds are urged for reversal. One of the chief of these is that appellee did not notify…