Gates Rubber Co. v. Tice

We are asked to review a judgment of the district court affirming an award of the Industrial Commission under the Colorado Occupational Disease Disability Act, being chapter 163, S.L. ’45. Plaintiff in error will be referred to herein as employer or company, and the defendants in error will be designated as claimant and the Commission.

An award for total permanent disability was made upon a claim after full hearing. The substance of the finding was that the disability was “caused by irritation of the lung tissues by sulphur compounds, chlorine compounds, and toxic hydrocarbons, inhaled in…