Wilbert Wormsley v. Consolidation Coal Company

WEICK, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court awarding workmen’s compensation benefits and medical expenses under Tennessee law to. Wilbert Wormsley, appellee, 1 for an occupational lung disease contracted by him during the course of his employment by Consolidation Coal Company, appellant.

Wilbert Wormsley is about 47 years old and has a fifth grade education. He has worked in underground mining since he was sixteen years old, and began working for Consolidation in June, 1964. He is a brother of Clyde Wormsley, appellee in the case of Wormsley v. Consolidation Coal…