Blue Diamond Coal Company v. Pannell

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• holding that a claimant suffering from pneumoconiosis must prove by a preponderance of the evidence \in whose employment he was last injuriously exposed\
• holding that law in effect at time of incapacity governs, not law in effect at time of death or time award is made
• physi-cian’s statement to claimant that he “may” have pneumoconiosis and should therefore be x-rayed was not a communication of a diagnosis sufficient to trigger the limitation period
• physician’s statement that claimant should be x-rayed because he “may” have pnuemoconiosis did not trigger limitation period

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