Brooke v. Nolan

On and for some time prior to April 19, 1937, claimant was employed as a plumber, by respondent Pat Nolan. On that day claimant was, it seems, engaged in either installing or repairing plumbing in the basement of a Twin Falls building. The basement had a cement floor. To install or repair the plumbing it was necessary for claimant to make an opening through the cement floor into a sewer. To accomplish that he had to “bust the concrete up” with a pick, which caused considerable dry dust.

He had had a pimple on the back of his neck for a couple of days, and while at work his neck became itchy…