Landis v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION

McDermott, Justice.

Dennis Landis worked for Hershey Equipment Company for over three years. His job was to install and service poultry equipment in chicken houses, tasks which often placed him in enclosures abounding with chicken excrement. While so employed, Landis began to experience peculiar visual problems manifested by a distortion and loss of central vision in his right eye.

An ophthalmologist informed Landis that his sight was affected by a condition associated with his work environment. The specific diagnosis was “presumed ocular histoplasmosis,” a rare disease the etiology of…