Loomis v. Industrial Commission

Loomis’ application to the Industrial Commission was made to recover compensation for loss of wages and the medical expense sustained by him as the result of contracting undulant fever during the period of his employment by Oscar Mayer & Company. The only controversy before the commission was whether the undulant fever contracted by Loomis was caused by that employment.

The commission concluded that Loomis had not met the burden of proof to establish in a satisfactory manner that his illness and disability were caused by that employment, and that therefore his application for compensation must…