American Bridge Division, US Steel Corp. v. McClung

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case in which the appellant, hereinafter called the Company, elected to be liable for all occupational diseases, as permitted under T.C.A. sec. 50-1103. The appellee, hereinafter called petitioner, contended and the trial court found that he is entitled to recover for total and permanent disability by reason of pulmonary emphysema, complicated by pulmonary fibrosis, with probable bronchiectasis and probable carcinoma of the lung.

The Company has appealed and assigned 8 errors. The first is that there is no evidence to support the decree. The second is that the…