Claim of Amoroso v. Tubular & Cast Products Manufacturing Co.

Appeal by the employer and carrier from awards of disability compensation and death benefits. Decedent’s disability and subsequent death were due to carcinoma of the right lung. The only question presented is whether the record contains substantial evidence that the carcinoma of the lung was causally related to decedent’s employment. The employer manufactured plumbing specialties and decedent was a foreman in the plating and polishing department. He had been engaged in this line of work for 40 years, the last 17 being for this employer. In connection with the work a large number of acids and…