American Smelting & Refining Co. v. Industrial Commission

This writ of error is prosecuted to review the judgment of the circuit court of Madison county in the matter of an application for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation act for an injury sustained by the defendant in error, W. M. Broadnax, (hereinafter called the plaintiff,) by reason of an occupational disease called lead poisoning, which he sustained while in the employ of the plaintiff in error (hereinafter called the defendant) and from which he claims he still suffers. The arbitrator awarded the plaintiff the sum of $10.92 per week for a period of forty-nine weeks, finding that…