Yocom v. Overstreet

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Fred Overstreet’s claim for workmen’s compensation for disability from pneumo-coniosis was denied by the Workmen’s Compensation Board on the ground that he had not been “exposed to the hazards of the disease in his employment within this state for at least two (2) years immediately next before his disability,” as required by KRS 342.316(4) as it existed when Ov-erstreet’s disability occurred (prior to the *9411972 amendment to KRS 342.316 which eliminated the quoted requirement). The evidence was that during the two-year period immediately preceding his disability…