Garges v. State Compensation Commissioner

Calhoun, President:

The employer, Winding Gulf Coals, Inc., has appealed from the order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, dated July 10, 1961, granting claimant, Anthony S. Garges, an award for silicosis in the first stage, and reversing the order of the Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner of February 24, 1961, whereby the commissioner had denied such award “on the grounds that the claimant’s exposure to the hazard of silicon dioxide while in the employ of Winding Gulf Coals, Inc., was not sufficient to perceptibly aggravate an existing silicosis.” This Court granted an appeal on…