Peak v. State Compensation Commissioner

Given, Judge:

Claimant, Blanche Peak, filed her claim as widow and dependent of Robert Henry Peak, a former employee of Winding Gulf Collieries Company, before the State Com*454pensation Commissioner, on January 28, 1953. On February 18, 1955, the commissioner denied the widow’s claim, “on the ground that claimant did not die from silicosis in its third stage accompanied by tuberculosis”. Upon appeal, the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, on August 22, 1955, affirmed the order of the commissioner.

The employee ceased work on February 24, 1947, and from that date to the time of his death was…