Saxton v. Sinclair Refining Co.

I find it impossible to agree with the opinion rendered in- this case by a majority of the court, and therefore file this dissent.

It is stated in the opinion that the disorder from which Delmar Saxton was suffering was in no way caused, precipitated, or aggravated by the injury which he received in his automobile accident; that the bodily injury he suffered from his accident was not to his head, trunk, or spinal column, but consisted of no more than a sprained thumb and a scratched hand. But let us remember that, in the trial of this same case before the compensation commissioner, he found…