Caudill v. Jean Coal Co.

MARTIN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the Letcher Circuit Court setting aside an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. The decision there was that the evidence was insufficient to support the conclusion of the Board that a claim had been timely filed.

The claimant was awarded compensation for permanent and total disability as a result of the occupational disease of pneumo-coniosis, or black lung disease. The opinion of the Board of February 21, 1977, disregarded the allegation of the employer that the claimant had failed to notify the company within a reasonable time of his…