Blake v. Bethlehem Steel Co.

This appeal is from an order of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County reversing an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission which was based upon the findings and decision of the Medical Board for Occupational Diseases that the claimant was permanently totally disabled, twenty-five per cent thereof being the result of occupational disease. The trial court found as a matter of law that there was no evidence legally sufficient to show an occupational disease or aggravation thereof.

It is undisputed that the claimant is totally disabled, suffering from chronic bronchitis, pulmonary fibrosis…