Branham v. Inland Steel Co.

OSBORNE, Judge.

In this Workmen’s Compensation case the claimant had asked for total disability claiming that he was disabled by a “pulmonary occupational disease.” He had worked in the coal mines for nearly forty years and attempted to prove silicosis or pneumo-coniosis. However, although the claimant’s doctors testified that they saw evidence of pneumoconiosis, the employers’ doctors and a doctor appointed by the Board testified that they did not. Doctor Cornish, who was appointed by the Board, testified that the claimant was suffering from chronic bronchitis. Appellant now claims that even…