Claim of Kunst v. General Bronze Corp.

This is an appeal from an award of the State Industrial Board pursuant to article 4-A of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Death benefits in the sum of $3,500, less payments previously made for disability, were awarded to the widow of an employee of the General Bronze Corp. who died June 30, 1941, of silicosis. The decedent had become totally disabled from silicosis by reason of bis employment on April 20, 1939.

Under section 66 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law, compensation for silicosis is based upon a scale of increasing benefits with fixed maximum compensation payable for disability and…