Art Stevens recently finished protracted litigation involving a very technical “hard metal lung disease” case. The case was tried in the Oregon Workers Compensation system and, in the end, the employer/insurer did not choose to go to the Oregon Court of Appeals ,so the benefits to Mr. Young are finally established. This case demonstrates the frightening complexity a worker has to face when dealing with occupational exposures and diseases arising from such. The following links will show more detail into the case.