Matter of Nayor v. Harwick Trucking Corp.

On November 27, 1937, the claimant, while driving an open motor truck in the course of his employment, suffered a right facial paralysis. There was expert testimony that the ailment was a disorder known to the medical profession as “ Bell’s palsy ” and that it may be caused by exposure to' cold air. The Board made an award for occupational disease upon a finding that the claimant’s injury was caused by his exposure to drought, cold and wind necessitated by his employment,

Appellant carrier contends that the finding was precluded by the fact that on the occasion in question the temperature…