Claim of Davis v. Dexter Folder Co.

Appeal by an employer and its insurance carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board that claimant was disabled as the result of an occupational disease. The board fixed the date of disability as of March 3, 1951. Appellants’ chief contention is that the finding of disability as of March 3, 1951, is arbitrary and without substantial evidence to sustain it. Section 42 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law provides that the date of disablement in occupational disease cases is to be fixed by the board. Of course this does not give the board power to fix a date arbitrarily, but if a…