Denver v. Hansen

TURSI, Judge.

In this workers’ compensation case, the employer and its insurer (petitioners) seek review of a final order of the Industrial Commission which awarded permanent total disability benefits for occupational disease to claimant, Robert A. Hansen. We affirm.

The record reflects that claimant worked for the employer for nine years. He filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits in 1974, alleging that he had sustained an occupational disease from inhalation of smoke fumes. Medical reports reflect that he suffered from bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis, and hypertension. This…