Claim of Oliveri v. Rudolph Faust, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed January 3, 1969, awarding claimant benefits upon a finding that he had sustained an occupational disease. An earlier decision of the board in favor of claimant was reversed by this court and remitted for further consideration (23 A D 2d 610). Claimant worked on ink mixing machines, the operation of which exposed him to dust and fumes. The board initially found that claimant sustained an “ aggravation of underlying asthma and bronchitis, precipitating emphysema”. This, however, was an insufficient predicate for an award based…