DRUMMOND CO., INC. v. Johnson

Drummond Company, Inc. ("the company"), appeals from the trial court's award of workers' compensation benefits to Gary Lee Johnson ("the worker"). We affirm.

The worker sued the company seeking to recover workers' compensation benefits for occupational pneumoconiosis, an occupational disease that the worker alleged he had contracted as a result of his employment. The company answered and denied liability. Following an ore tenus proceeding, the trial court entered an order stating that the worker had failed to present sufficient evidence that he had occupational pneumoconiosis and denied…