Osborne Mining Corp. v. Barrera

PALMORE, Judge.

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case. The appellee, Joe Barrera, worked for Pond Creek Colliery as a motorman for some 27 years until his employment was ended in a general reduction of forces in September of 1954. During his service with Pond Creek Colliery he contracted silicosis and was so advised by his physician following a chest X-ray in December of 1952. On June 1, 1955, after appellee’s discharge, the mine at which he had been employed was sold by Pond Creek to the appellant, Osborne Mining Corporation. Barrera was not employed at the time the plant was sold, but on…