Claim of Jones v. Dresser Industries, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed January 29, 1976, which disallowed a claim for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Decedent was granted a company disability pension retirement due to permanent pulmonary emphysema effective October 1, 1966. He died on January 13, 1973 and claimant, his widow, was awarded death benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Law because of death due to silicosis or other dust disease. There was no appeal in that case. However, a later board decision reversed a referee’s determination that claimant also be awarded…