Mechanics Lumber Co. v. Roark

On September 21, 1944, the appellee fell from a ladder while at work and sustained a broken hip and a broken heel. He filed a claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Act and received compensation payments for eighty-four weeks. In December, 1946, it was determined that the appellee had pernicious anemia, and in the following February he filed a claim for additional compensation. The Commission denied the second claim upon the ground that neither the original injury nor the attendant hospitalization caused or contributed to the appellee’s anemia. On appeal the circuit court reversed the order…