Palmer House Co. v. Industrial Commission

The question involved in this case concerns the liability of plaintiff in error to pay to defendant in error, Charles R. Miller, compensation under the Occupational Diseases Act. Miller, a painter for 45 years, entered the employ of plaintiff in error on May 6, 1942, working twenty-two days. Later he worked from July 3, 1942, to July 31, 1942, when he was laid off because of lack of work, and told to return early in December. He was working at what was known as one-half-scale wages through a dispensation allowed by his union. Plaintiff in error paid him $34.50 per week. He had, in the January…