Terry v. State Compensation Commissioner

Haymond, Judge:

This is an appeal by the widow of Charles M. Terry from an order entered by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board November 5, 1962, which reversed an order of the State Compensation Commissioner entered July 12, 1962, by which the claimant, as the widow of an employee who died from silicosis, was awarded the benefits provided by statute for herself and the children of her deceased husband.

The material facts are not disputed and the question presented for decision is a question of law.

Charles M. Terry, having contracted the disease of silicosis while employed by the Pocahontas…