Hamilton v. Jeffrey Stone Co.

Donald L. Corbin, Chief Judge.

This appeal comes to us from the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission. Appellant, Clayton Hamilton, now deceased, appeals from a decision of the full Commission dated April 30, 1986, which held that Arkansas Statutes Annotated §§81-1314(a)(7) and -1318(a)(2) (Repl. 1976) (recodified at Ark. Code Ann. §§ 11-9-601(g)(1)(B) and 11-9-701 (a)(2)(A) (1987)) are valid. We affirm.

Appellant was employed by appellee, Jeffrey Stone Company, from 1957 until 1969 as a rock crusher. In this capacity, appellant was exposed to silica dust. In 1969, appellant was…