Yaeger v. Delano Granite Works

Magney, Justice.

Certiorari to review a determination of the industrial commission denying compensation.

For 12 years until he became disabled, Bernard F. Taeger, now 59 years of age, had been employed by the Delano Granite Works as a granite cutter, shaping monuments with hand hammer and automatic air tools. He became incapacitated from silicosis, an occupational disease, resulting from the nature of his employment, and sought compensation. The industrial commission was of the opinion that the statutory limitation particularly applicable to this disease barred his right to compensation. This…