Shepard v. Brunswick Corporation

Plaintiff has been granted leave to appeal from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board reversing the awarding of compensation to the plaintiff for total disability resulting from addiction to toluene, a commonly used industrial solvent which is a highly addictive intoxicant. When inhaled it produces euphoria, exhilaration, excitement and a sense of well-being.

*309Plaintiff, 33 years of age at the time of hearing, began his employment with defendant in 1956 where he worked, apparently without incident, until 1963 when he was assigned as a trainee in the bowling pin department. There,…