Allen v. Commonwealth, Department of Highways

PALMORE, Judge.

The appellant and cross-appellee, Steve Allen, has been employed since 1951 by the Department of Highways as a light equipment operator. He drives a truck, and because of the nature of the Department’s work.he is exposed to gasoline fumes more than an ordinary truck driver would be. One example of such exposure is that his track gets tar on it and he is required frequently to use gasoline to clean it off. In 1960 it was determined by a hematologist that as the result of this exposure he had developed an occupational disease which, for the sake of simplicity, we shall call lead…