Yates v. United States Rubber Co.

Townsenb, Judge.

It is clearly established by the testimony in the case, both that taken at the original hearing which by stipulation is considered here, and additional testimony taken before the Medical Board, that asbestosis is a condition resulting only from the inhalation of asbestos fibers and characterized by chemical changes in the lungs which result in decreased lung capacity and increased susceptibility to lung infection, and that the claimant, having worked for a number of years in a location where asbestos fibers were present in the air, was exposed to this condition. The resulting…