KOMP EQUIPMENT CO. v. Clinton

This is a workman’s compensation claim for contact dermatitis resulting from a work-exposure to an irritant to which the employee was allergic. Two earlier cases involving contact dermatitis have awarded temporary total disability benefits during the continuance of the disability. Hardin’s Bakeries v. Ranager, 217 Miss. 463, 64 So. 2d 705 (1953); Christopher v. City Grill, 218 Miss. 638, 67 So. 2d 694 (1953); Miss. Code 1942, Sec. 6998-09 (b).

Appellee, Harold Clinton, was awarded by the attorney referee of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission permanent partial disability benefits for…