Ridenour v. Equity Supply Co.

In this case we are asked to review an order granting workers’ compensation benefits to respondent, Darel R. Ridenour. Appellants claim that benefits should have been awarded under the Occupational Disease Act rather than the Workers’ Compensation Act. We find that benefits were properly awarded, therefore we affirm.

Claimant had worked for Equity Supply Company for about twelve years. He worked primarily within the fertilizer department, but he also worked as a handyman. Claimant had smoked cigarettes since 1944. Smoking, combined with twelve years of work in a dusty environment had resulted…