Torrez v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

NELSON, Presiding Judge.

On February 4, 1973, the petitioner, Porfirio Torrez (Torrez), was hospitalized in Tucson, Arizona for diagnostic studies. Dr. Morton Fuchs, a specialist in internal medicine diagnosed Torrez’ condition as pulmonary fibrosis associated with silicosis.

Torrez had been a miner almost all of his adult life. He had worked in coal mines from 1942 to 1951 and in hard rock mines from 1951 until shortly before his hospitalization. He worked for the respondent Hecla Mining Company (Hecla) from early 1969 until January 29, 1973. Prior to July 1972, Torrez worked for Hecla…