Gibb v. New Field By-Products Coal Co.

Per Curiam,

Plaintiff received an award from the workmen’s compensation authorities, which was sustained by the court below, and the insurance carrier of defendant has appealed,

The referee found that an injury sustained by plaintiff on December 22, 1923, while in the performance of his duties as an employee of defendant, was the reason for “the lighting up of an old latent tuberculosis, causing it to reactivate and develop”; and that this “resulted in the total disability which has ensued.” Appellant contends that plaintiff failed to produce evidence sufficient in law to uphold the conclusion…