Consolidation Coal Co. v. Dugan

Consolidation Coal Company is appealing here from an order of the Circuit Court for Allegany County affirming an order of the State Industrial Accident Commission awarding workmen’s compensation to William Jesse Dugan, a coal miner, of Frostburg, for permanent total disability resulting from silicosis arising out of and in the course of his employment.

The claimant began working for the coal company in 1894, and worked in various mines operated by the company during a period of 49 years. He first noticed symptoms of some ailment in 1919. Those symptoms included a cough, shortness of breath,…