“We start with the word ‘accident,'” stated Judge Michael S. Catlett, in his written opinion for the court. “Employer suggested during oral argument that a disease not qualifying as an ‘occupational disease’ cannot qualify as an ‘accident.’ But that argument is inconsistent with decades of precedent saying otherwise.”

       

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