Davis v. Harlan Everglow Coal Co.

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

Silas Davis appeals from a judgment that reversed an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board against Harlan Ever-glow Coal Company adjudging Davis to be totally and permanently disabled by silicosis. On appeal Davis contends that Harlan Everglow was his last employer although he later worked three days for another employer and that the Board’s finding of disability before the subsequent employment should not have been set aside.

Davis had been employed as a coal miner over a period of 32 years and had been exposed to the hazard of silica-bearing dust in each mine. He is…