Stanley v. Industrial Commission

WOLFE, District Judge.

On December 29, 1930, Liston D. Stanley had a finger of his right hand injured while in the course of his employment by the Utah Metal & Tunnel Company, whose insurance coverage was with the state insurance fund. As a result, on the same day he had the finger amputated at the second phalanx. He died on July 2, 1931. It is claimed that the death resulted proximately from the injury. The widow, applicant for compensation, - concluded and maintained at the hearing that ether had been administered; that it lit up a dormant tuberculosis condition from which Stanley died.

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