Claim of Collins v. Aluminum Co. of America

Appeals from decisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed April 18, 1973, December 5, 1975 and May 7, 1976, which determined that decedent’s disablement and eventual death resulted from his employment related silicosis and that the Special Disability Fund was liable for reimbursement to the employer pursuant to section 15 (subd 8, par [ee]) of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Decedent was employed by the appellant self-insured employer from 1950 until August of 1957 when the plant wherein he worked was closed. During that time he concededly contracted an employment related silicosis…