Cowin & Co. v. Medina

Opinion by

Judge CRISWELL.

Cowin & Company, who was the last employer for whom claimant, Maclovio Medina, worked in a mine, seeks review of an order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel), which determined that claimant was permanently and totally disabled as a result of an occupational disease. Cowin asserts, first, that the evidence required the Panel to determine the extent to which claimant’s disability resulted from a non-occupational condition and to reduce claimant’s benefits proportional to the contribution made by that condition to his disability. Alternatively, Cowin asserts…