Bullock v. Peabody Coal Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Claimant filed a claim for compensation benefits on November 21, 1989, in which he alleged that he had contracted coal workers’ pneumoconiosis and that December 31, 1987, was the date of his last exposure. The evidence of whether claimant suffered from the disease was conflicting and ranged from evidence that claimant did not have the disease to evidence of category 1/1 disease. Dr. Wright testified that, although the nodulation he observed could be consistent with pneu-moconiosis, it was his opinion that the type of nodulation claimant exhibited was most consistent with…