Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Malcolm

The claimant in the State Industrial Commission (respondent here) began working in the oil fields tor the respondent (petitioner in this court) on Jan- nary 15, 1933. On June 16, 1933, while working in a tool house, he sustained a head injury. Although the injury did not seem serious at the time, he later developed severe headaches, nervousness, and symptoms of epilepsy. Notwithstanding the injury, which apparently was of the progressive type, he continued working until March 1, 1934, when his increasing disability prevented his working further.

After four or five hearings, the State…