Savage v. Claussner Hosiery Company

WILLIAMS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the McCracken Circuit Court which sustained an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. The Board found that the appellant Jean Savage contracted an occupational disease diagnosed as contact dermatitis, which arose out of and in the course of her employment. She was awarded temporary total disability benefits for a period beginning September 30, 1961, to and including March 24, 1962. Her refusal to accept another job in appellee’s plant was found to be unjustified.

The appellant contracted contact dermatitis in the course of her employment…