Peerless Coal Co. v. Jones

The Workmen’s Compensation Commission made an award to appellee for a disability due to silicosis. On appeal to the Circuit Court the action of the Commission was affirmed. It is the contention of appellant that there is no evidence in the record which would justify a finding that appellee was exposed to a silica hazard while working in appellant’s mine, and for this reason the case is controlled by Collier-Dunlap Coal-Company v. Dickerson, 218 Ark. 885, 239 S. W. 2d 9.

In our opinion the evidence in the case at bar is much more favorable to the employee than it was in the Dickerson case. At…