Gale v. Zaban's Mattress & Box Spring Co.

On July 26, 1948, Charles D. Gale filed with the Industrial Commission a written application for a hearing to determine whether he was entitled to compensation because of an alleged incapacity for work, beginning on the preceding April 24, arising out of and in the course of his employment by Zaban’s Mattress & Box Spring Company at Richmond. He alleged that his illness was “probably byssinosis plus tuberculosis.” Byssinosis is an industrial disease of the lungs caused by inhaling cotton dust or lint. Gale had been employed as a mattress finisher in the Zaban plant from the middle of October,…