Yocom v. Butcher

PARK, Judge.

The appellee, Wilburn Butcher, filed a claim with the Workmen’s Compensation Board asserting that he was totally and permanently disabled from silicosis as a result of being exposed to the hazards of silicosis while employed over a long period of years in the coal industry. March 14, 1972, was given as the date of Butcher’s disability. On December 17, 1973, the Board entered an order dismissing Butcher’s claim on the ground that he had failed to prove that he had been continuously exposed to the hazards of the disease for at least two years immediately prior to his disability. The…