Harris v. North American Products

MARTIN, John C., Judge.

Defendants North American Products, the employer, and Travelers Insurance Company, the carrier, appeal from an opinion and award of the Industrial Commission awarding plaintiff benefits for temporary partial disability due to an occupational disease. Plaintiff sought benefits for pneumoconiosis, or hard metal restrictive lung disease allegedly caused by his employment at North American Products. Defendants denied liability.

Evidence before the deputy commissioner tended to show that plaintiff had begun working at the Showell chicken house in late 1977 or early 1978 and…