Claim of Girard v. St. Joseph Mineral Corp.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 29, 1977, which found that decedent’s death was not related to his occupational disease. The decedent, claimant’s husband, last worked for the employer in 1955. On May 9, 1973, decedent was advised that he had a respiratory condition and a claim for benefits was filed. This claim was controverted and, after a hearing, a referee found that claimant was suffering from chronic bronchitis, talcosis, silicosis and pulmonary emphysema causally related to his employment by reason of which he was *969permanently and totally…