Quality Excelsior Coal Co. v. Smith

Paul Ward, Associate Justice.

Jack Smith was an employee of the Quality Excelsior Coal Company for many years until he quit work on February 22, 1957 because he was physically incapacitated. Although he was informed by the doctors in 1950 that he had contracted silicosis Grade 3 he continued to work, and did not file a claim until February 4, 1954.

Hearings on the claim were held before a Referee of the Arkansas Workmen’s Compensation Commission in April and May of 1954; in July and October of 1955; and in February of 1958. After his death on March 28, 1958, other hearings were held in the name…