Boucher v. John Swenson Granite Co.

The defendant contends that the plaintiff is not entitled to compensation because the disease of silicosis existed *65“at commencement of the employment” and in such cases compensation is barred under the statute (RSA 281:2 III (supp)) the material portions of which provide: “III. Personal injury . . . shall mean . . . the following disease . . . arising out of and in the course of employment . . . silicosis and other pulmonary dust diseases subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth. For the purpose of determining the date of injury for an occupational disease the first date of treatment…