Claim of Miller v. International Milling Co.

Employer and its insurance carrier appeal from a decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board awarding compensation to claimant for various periods of partial disability resulting in reduced earnings. Employer is engaged in the flour and feed business in Buffalo and had employed claimant since 1937, as a grain elevator houseman and power operator. In 1938, claimant developed a cough which cleared up when he stopped smoking. Later he had recurrent coughing and choking spells when exposed to grain dust. Between 1946 and 1948, he consulted various physicians. On January 9, 1948, his condition was…