White v. SWCC & Bethlehem Mines Corp.

McGraw, Justice:

Claimant-appellant appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board which affirmed a ruling of the Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner rejecting appellant’s claim to compensation benefits for occupational pneumoconiosis. The ground for the denial was that the claimant had not been exposed to the hazards of occupational pneumoconiosis for a continuous period of not less than two years during the ten years immediately preceding the date of his last exposure. The sole issue for our consideration is: does a nonmedical finding of “no harmful exposure” to the hazards…