Crowley v. Idaho Industrial Training School

Respondent, an employee of the Idaho Industrial Training School, classified as “Instructor of Dairying,” was engaged to a considerable extent in the supervision and handling of the livestock of the institution. These duties required him to care for a sizeable herd of dairy cows at calving time and after calves were born to treat the cows with disinfectants by inserting his hand and arm into the bodies of the animals. A number of cows in the herd were infected with what is known as Bangs disease or contagious abortion. Allegedly, as a result of treating the cows so diseased, respondent became…