Dickson Construction & Repair Co. v. Beasley

Tlie claimant, while at work cutting away a concrete structure near Hagerstown, on June 18th, or 21st, 1922, was struck on his arm and his forehead by a flying uieceuofhihe' concrete. At the time, there seemed to be only a superficial injury, and, apparently it would have caused little or no disability had the workman not been infected with syphilis. In a short while, an abscess with other diseased conditions in the head, about the point of contact, appeared, and his condition became such that he was disabled from working. On August 17th, 1922, he filed a claim for compensation; and…