McCoy v. Consolidation Coal Co.

OPINION

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.

This is another case that was filed under the Tennessee Workmen’s Compensation Law. Joe McCoy, plaintiff, is a man fifty years of age. He went to work as an underground coal miner when he was eighteen years of age and has worked continuously as such for thirty-two years. He describes his job as a roof bolter, meaning that he places bolts into the roof. He can neither read nor write.

Some five or six months ago, according to plaintiff’s testimony, he began to have difficulty in breathing and at that time was examined by Dr. Hulen. Dr. Hulen told him that…