Mobile Wash of Louisville, Inc. v. Lovitt

HAYES, Judge.

This is an appeal of a judgment entered by the Jefferson Circuit Court which affirmed a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board.

The claimant, Sherman Lovitt, was employed by Mobile Wash of Louisville, Inc. as a tank car cleaner. In the course of his employment on July 22, 1976, he was assigned to clean the inside of a tank car which contained a highly toxic chemical called P-ethoxynitro-benzene. Claimant had spent approximately three (3) hours cleaning the tank car.

Shortly after leaving work, the claimant was overcome from the effects of his exposure to the chemical and was…