General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp. v. Industrial Commission

The following opinion was filed March 31, 1936:

Fowler, J.

Mike Pocian was awarded compensation by the Industrial Commission against his employer A. E. Martin Foundry & Machine Company and its insurer, General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corporation. The latter was adjudged liable on the ground that it was the insurer of the employer in January, 1933, which time the commission fixed as the date of the injury. Pocian worked for the defendant Foundry Company in their foundry from 1917 to 1933, and during the entire period was exposed to silica dust. As a result he contracted silicosis and was…