District Court, D. Alaska April 3, 1950, No. 6242-A (Scott v. Alaska Industrial Board)

FOLTA, District Judge.

On May 8, 1948, the defendant Erickson, while employed as a blacksmith in plaintiff’s mine in Alaska, contracted pneumonia which, in conjunction with silicosis in an advanced stage, culminated in total permanent disability from that disease. On December 22, 1949, the Industrial Board awarded Erickson $6000 compensation for total,, permanent disability.