Piedmont Manufacturing Co. v. East

Opinion

FITZPATRICK, J.

Piedmont Manufacturing Company and Hartford Insurance Company (employer) contend that the commission erred in finding that: (1) Lois P. East’s (claimant) condition and consequent disability is a compensable ordinary disease of life; (2) claimant received a communication of an occupational disease; (3) claimant’s last injurious exposure was with this employer; (4) claimant’s condition was totally disabling; and (5) a deposition of claimant taken in a prior claim was properly excluded. Finding no error, we affirm the commission’s award of benefits.

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