Allen v. National Twist Drill & Tool Co.

Defendants National Twist Drill & .Tool Company and its insurer seek to have an award of the department of labor and industry vacated on the grounds that plaintiff Joel G-. Allen’s disability, due to silicosis, is only nominal; that he was guilty of wilful and intentional misconduct in failing to wear a mask while engaged in sandblasting, and because the award requires defendants to pay disability benefits for a period longer than 500 weeks.

Allen, after undergoing a pre-employment physical examination, began work for defendant Drill & Tool Company as a general laborer on November 30, 1942. In…