Halper v. the Golden Rule

Taylor, C.

Certiorari to review the order of the industrial commission awarding compensation for the loss of a leg, amputated because a sarcoma of the bone had developed thereon.

The commission found that the sarcoma resulted from the injury sustained and that the employer had knowledge of the injury within 90 days from the time it occurred. The question presented is whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain these findings.

Minnie Halper was a clerk in the drug department of the Golden Rule department store. On October 23,1928, while she was carrying a -bos of soap weighing 44 pounds it…