Herod v. Mutual Chemical Co. of America

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Case, J.

James Herod, on September 14th, 1932, filed his petition with the workmen’s compensation bureau seeking compensation for incapacity alleged to be due to chrome poisoning, an occupational disease. He was last exposed to the poisoning on August 11th, 1930. On the employer’s motion, Charles E. Corbin, deputy commissioner, dismissed the petition for the reason that the same was not filed within one year from the last exposure. Judge Erwin, in the Hud son County Common Pleas, on appeal, affirmed that judgment. This is the return of a rule to show…