Weeks v. Lehigh Portland Cement Co.

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

On October 31,1929, the claimant, while in the course of his employment, received an accidental blow upon the right side of his abdomen. The controlling question in the ease is whether such disability as the claimant may have suffered since that time was shown to be attributable, in any degree, to that accident.

It was established by competent medical evidence that claimant prior thereto and at the time of the accident had a duodenal ulcer; his contention was that it had been so aggravated by the accident as to cause total disability. After a full hearing on his claim…