Claim of House v. International Talc Co.

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed November 20, 1974, as amended April 24, 1975, which found that claimant has a permanent total industrial disability as a result of talcosis, an occupational disease. The claimant had been employed in the talc mills and mines of the employer for 30 years when, on April 6, 1973, he stopped work as a result of a lung condition diagnosed as talcosis. The appellants contend upon this appeal that there is no substantial evidence to support the finding of the board of permanent total disability from a dust disease. In support of this…