Spaulding v. International Bakers Services, Inc.

DICKSON, Justice.

During and in the course of their employment with defendant-employer International Bakers Services, Inc., employees David Spaulding and Daniel Kois were exposed to an unknown substance which resulted in chronic obstructive airway disease. It is stipulated that both Spaulding and Kois suffered an occupational disease compensa-ble under the Occupational Diseases Act, Ind.Code §§ 22-38-7-2 to 22-8-T-88. They each filed a claim under the Act, seeking compensation for, inter alia, total permanent disability.

Concluding that the standard for assessing such disability is similar to…