Claim of McHeffey v. International Talc Co.

Claimant was employed by respondent International Talc Co., Inc. for 21 years until he was laid off. on May 23, 1973, when International sold its business to Gouverneur Talc Corporation. He thereafter applied for work to the new owners at the same plant and was rejected because he was physically disabled from pneumoconiosis, a disease which resulted from exposure to talc dust over the period of two decades with his first employer. Thereafter, claimant filed a claim for workmen’s compensation benefits, which was controverted by the State Insurance Fund on five grounds, one of which was the…