Hammons v. Perini Corp.

This is a claim for compensation for a íeumothorax (collapsed lung) and resulting disease hich occurred while the claimant was working as a pe construction supervisor. He had knocked out a uple of 2 x 4’s with a sledge hammer shortly before e collapse. Several years before, he had San Joaquin alley fever, a lung disease, and had declined recom-ended surgery. Consequently, a blister grew on the ng. The mechanics of his present injury are that the ister broke, allowing the air to leak from his right ng, thus causing the collapse. The referee found the jury to be noncompensable; the Workers’…