Department of Highways v. Giles

Opinion of the Court by

Morris, Commissioner

Reversing.

Appellee, for more than three years prior to and on July 17, 1937, was night watchman at appellant’s garage in Williamsburg. In the early morning of the date stated he became ill and had to be assisted to his home. He worked for only two or three nights thereafter, in the month of September. His complaint was that asthmatic trouble, induced by breathing noxious vapors and coal dust, rendered him unable to labor. Parties were operating and working under the Compensation Act, Kentucky Statutes, Section 4880 et seq. Giles filed application for…