Claim of Lu Core v. Hooker Electrochemical Co.

This is an appeal by the employer and its carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board which denied the appellants’ application for a rehearing on the basis of newly discovered evidence.

The claimant was injured on March 4, 1953, when chlorine fumes came in contact with his right eye. From that time until August, 1953, when he was discharged as recovered, he was treated by a Dr. Goetzman. In Dr. Goetzman’s reports the vision in the claimant’s right eye varied from 20/20 down to 20/25 and in his final examination it was reported as 20/40. When first examined by Dr. Blair, the…