Peabody Coal Co. v. Guthrie

WILLIAMS, Judge.

The appellee, Melvin Guthrie, worked for appellant Peabody Coal Company from 1933 until 1958. From 1944 to 1958 appel-lee operated a jackhammer in appellant’s mine. The operation of the jackhammer in dry sandstone rock produced a congested dust condition. In 1956 appellee discovered that he was suffering from shortness of breath and from a burning sensation in his lungs. His condition became progressively worse, but he continued regular work until the mine closed in March 1958. About the first of August, 1958, appellee visited a doctor who sent him to the Harlan Memorial…