Ryan v. State Industrial Accident Commission

The plaintiff entered the employ of Libby, McNeill & Libby in the year 1929. Her principal duty consisted of peeling pears and apples. Her employment was seasonal and extended over a period annually of six to seven months. In 1934 she was again in the employ of this concern, but her employment ceased on November 7, the end of the season for canning pears and apples. November 10,1934, she felt an aching pain in her left hand and observed a red rash breaking out on three fingers of that hand. The condition grew worse and in December, 1934, it was necessary for her to submit to surgical…