Hendrickson v. Continental Fibre Co.

Rodney, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

At the oral argument and on the elaborate brief of the defendant only two causes of demurrer were argued at length, so we propose to confine our specific treatment to those two causes. It has been argued at length (1) that the diseases contracted by the plaintiff were “personal injuries” sustained by the plaintiff during the course of his employement by the defendant and, as such, are cognizable under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, and that since such act is the exclusive remedy for matters cognizable by it, that this commonlaw action can not be…