First National Bank v. Wedron Silica Co.

Appellant, the Wedron Silica Company, seeks by this appeal to reverse a judgment for $10,000 rendered against it after a jury trial in the circuit court of LaSalle county in favor of Charles Clouse, a former employee. The suit was brought under the Occupational Disease act for permanent injury to Clouse’s health, arising out of and in the course of his employment and resulting in his total disability on March 12, 1931.

For many years prior to March 12, 1931, the appellant had been engaged in the business of mining and processing silica at Wedron. The silica, after being quarried or…